Old Age Is A Shipwreck.

To Govern Is Always To Choose Among Disadvantages.

I Am A Man Who Belongs To No-one And Who Belongs To Everyone.

Hearing Mass Is The Ceremony I Most Favor During My Travels. Church Is The Only Place Where Someone Speaks To Me And I Do Not Have To Answer Back.

Nothing More Enhances Authority Than Silence. It Is The Crowning Virtue Of The Strong, The Refuge Of The Weak, The Modesty Of The Proud, The Pride Of The Humble, The Prudence Of The Wise, And The Sense Of Fools. To Speak Is To . . . Dissipate One's Strength; Whereas What Action Demands Is Concentration. Silence Is A Necessary Preliminary To The Ordering Of One's Thoughts.

Don't Think Of Yourself As Indispensable Or Infallible. The Cemeteries Of The World Are Full Of Indispensable Men.