We must adapt to changing markets while staying true to our core values.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

The hard-working petroleum spirit must never be abandoned. It is our family heirloom.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.