Labor is the divine law of our existence.

Music is the fragrance of the universe.

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.

The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths.

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.

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