Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.