A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

When a grown man reaches forty, we change him for an old one. He has completely disappeared. There's only the most superficial resemblance between the two of them. Nothing is handed on from one to the other.

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.