In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many men without honor, there will always be some others who bear in themselves the honor of many men.
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
A selfish man is a thief.
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.