"The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the faint-hearted, it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and the valiant, it is the ideal."

"There are no such things as small countries. The greatness of a people is no more determined by the number of its inhabitants than the greatness of a man is determined by his height."

"The human soul is a divine tree of which the fruits are good and evil."

"Melancholy is the happiness of being sad."

"Life is a voyage. A ship is not built for a harbor."