Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.

A selfish man is a thief.

Oh, what company good poets are!

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.