“He was my cream, and I was his coffee -And when you poured us together, it was something.”

“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.”

“We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.”

“A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.”

“The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”

“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”

“I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.”