Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.

The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of the country. Government is nothing but the balance of the natural elements of a country.

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.

Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.