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There is far too much of divorce, wherein hearts are broken, and sometimes lives are destroyed.

If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself.

Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.

In every parting there is an image of death.

I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for.