“Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.”

Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.

It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.

Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.

Even genius is tied to profit.

The test of any man lies in action.

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

The noblest of the elements is water.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

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

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

Men are the dreams of a shadow.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

For out of doubt In these affairs ’tis each man’s will itself That gives the start, and hence throughout our limbs Incipient motions are diffused.

No matter how many others are present, there is only One Being.

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.

That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.