Each of us brings with him an element, more or less important, of the life of humanity to come.

Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. It is invincible, indestructible.

Pardon is the virtue of victory.

Art does not imitate, but interpret.

Men of great genius and large heart sow the seeds of a new degree of progress in the world, but they bear fruit only after many years.

So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.

In ourselves, rather than in material nature, lie the true source and life of the beautiful. The human soul is the sun which diffuses light on every side, investing creation with its lovely hues, and calling forth the poetic element that lies hidden in every existing thing.