Words have a longer life than deeds.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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.
Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity