When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.

The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.

Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.