But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

The world laughs at another man's pain.

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night.

Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.