Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.

Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.