That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.