The present will not long endure.
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
Learn what you are and be such.
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.