“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.”

“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”

“In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.”

“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”