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.

Nations, like individuals, live and die; but civilization cannot die.

God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother.

Poetry is enthusiasm with wings of fire; it is the angel of high thoughts, that inspires us with the power of sacrifice.

No nation deserves freedom or can long retain it which does not win it for itself. Revolutions must be made by the people and for the people.

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

Liberty and equality--lovely and sacred words!