My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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.
A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.