The appetite is sharpened by the first bites.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.

When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.

I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.