Water is the best of all things.

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

A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

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.

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?