My religion teaches me that a promise once made or a vow once taken for a worthy object may not be broken.
For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.
To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.
Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence.
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.