Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
On day is pressed on by another.
Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future