Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.

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

Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.

The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.

Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.

To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.