There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.
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.
Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.