"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."

"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."

"To hold a pen is to be at war."