Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

Great men are almost always bad men.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.