He who shall never be divided from me kissed my mouth all trembling.

Mankind is at its best when it is most free.

The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride.

Now you know how much my love for you burns deep in me when I forget about our emptiness, and deal with shadows as with solid things.

Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength.

Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone.

Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water.