History is the zoology of the human race.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.

Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.