Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.
Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.
There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.