Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.

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 live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but with oneself; with their passions, but also with one's own.

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

He who would love much has also much to suffer.