The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

Each day a day goes by.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. [It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.]

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]

He who talks much cannot talk well.

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Ivy! It's a natural disaster! You have to be there!

Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.

Patience is a key element of success.

Women's health needs to be front and center - it often isn't, but it needs to be.

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.

Now, it's so sacred. It's how I see the world. I can't help but look at people, their physicality, and how they move. It's how I see everything.

Leaders express feelings that other leaders sense.

A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.