He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice ourselves for our duties and convictions, death does not matter if one dies for those one loves – for his country and for others dear to him.

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.

To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer.