The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
To rule yourself is the ultimate power
While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.