It is the duty of man to raise up man.

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.

Strength comes from waiting.

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.

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 grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.