If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.

For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.

To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.

Mankind is a dream of a shadow.

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen

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