“You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.”

“Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.”

“A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.”

“Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.”

“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.”

“I can hardly forbear hurling things at him.”

“These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.”

“A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.”