Words have a longer life than deeds.

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

Water is the best of all things.