Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.

"Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race or another. When you say "men," you have already imbued them with all their rights.

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

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Literature is the most beautiful of countries

The only way to be totally free is through education.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.