He who would love much has also much to suffer.

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.

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

I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice ourselves for our duties and convictions, death does not matter if one dies for those one loves – for his country and for others dear to him.

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

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

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