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.
Who does not love his own tongue is far worse than a brute or stinking fish.
The youth is the hope of our future.
While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.
The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.
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.