For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.

He knows what it's like to strut and fret his hour upon the stage and then be heard no more.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?

The apparel oft proclaims the man.

For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.