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

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.

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

I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.

But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?