God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother."

Good council has no price.

"A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory."

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you . . .