In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

The love of country is more powerful than reason itself.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.