Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
The noblest of the elements is water
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
War is sweet to them that know it not.
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.