Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance trade in order to ensure freedom; the country that wants to die sells only to one country , and the country that wants to survive sells to more than one.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.

Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.

One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.