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

Unsung, the noblest deed will die..

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth..

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

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 eve….

I will be small in small things, great among great..

War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it..

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

Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of pri….

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness..

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

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

Mankind is a dream of a shadow..

Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God..

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action..

Sweet is war to those who know it not..

Law, the king of all mortals and immortals..

To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure..

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of i….

Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes..

The present will not long endure..