Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living, nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges.

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  As long as there is darkness, there will be dawn!

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  Freedom, complete freedom, is a dream, a dream that is most often not destined to come true, but wretched is everyone who has never dreamed it.

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  When you follow the struggle between two political groups and want to know which is more in the right and has the better prospects of victory, pay attention to which of the two sides uses lies as a means of struggle to a greater extent, and know that that side will be defeated.

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  For lovers time is always short, and no path is ever long enough for them.

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  Love the art, poor as it may be, which you have learned, and be content with it.

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  If you are given the part of a beggar, play that part well too.

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