To beautify life is to give it an object.

A poem is something sacred. Let no one Take it for anything except itself.

Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice - for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!

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

In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.