The present will not long endure.
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
Words have a longer life than deeds.
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.