The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed.

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

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.

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

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