Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.

As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes.

He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.

The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.