Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.

If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.

The appetite is sharpened by the first bites.

Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!