... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. The pyramids weigh down the earth, the tower of Babel has pierced the sky, the lovely temples and the gray castles have fallen into ruins. But of all those things which hands have built, what hasn’t fallen nor ever will fall? Dear friends, throw away the trowel and mortarboard! Throw your masons’ aprons over your heads and lie down to build dreams! What are temples of stone and clay to the soul? Learn to build eternal mansions of dreams and visions!

More die in flight than in battle.

It is often the case with the silent children about us, that they cherish a dream which they dare not talk about.

Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

What is so certain of victory as patience?

There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.

It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.