The present will not long endure.

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

Learn what you are and be such.

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

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

War is sweet to those who never tried it.