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

Men are the dreams of a shadow..

The noblest of the elements is water.

Water is the best of all things..

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed..

The present will not long endure..

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration..

There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent..

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

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

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….