It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.
Ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.
To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.