Reason is a slave when faith and authority are masters.
A homeland is made up of the dead who founded it as well as the living who continue it.
Ernest Renan
all these queens, and kings, thrown in the box: chess pieces
Issa
Freedom is what constitutes us as moral beings, good or bad; it is a great good for those who have sense; and for those who don't have it, a very serious evil.
Marquis of Maricá
Cowardice is the mother of cruelty.
Michel de Montaigne
Well eaten, my soul doesn't care. And not even the greatest heartbreaks can move her.
Molière