“I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.”

“When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.”

“We are rarely proud when we are alone.”

“Dare to think for yourself.”

“Our labour preserves us from three great evils — weariness, vice, and want.”

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”

“A State can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labour now is not to mould States but make citizens.”

“One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.”

“The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great.”

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.”

“It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.”

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”

“The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes.”

“Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.”

“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”

“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”

“I’ve been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I’m not without compassion.”

“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever — the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.”

“We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have see our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.”

“A team that thinks it’s going to lose is going to lose.”

“Getting to the final is everything, and winning is icing on the cake.”