The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

Water is the best of all things.

The noblest of the elements is water

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

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.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.