War is sweet to those who never tried it..

Envy bestrides praise..

Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes..

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

We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more..

Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving..

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest..

A good deed hidden in silence dies..

Even success softens not the heart of the envious..

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 th….

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