Learn what you are and be such.
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.