Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
The present will not long endure.
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.