We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
“As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.”
“I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.”