Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
The question is yet before the court.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
I shall strike the stars with my uplifted head.
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.