I only ask to live, with pure faith keepingIn word and deed that Law which leaps the sky,Made of no mortal mould, undimmed, unsleepingWhose living godhead does not age or die.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist

A man through wit May pass another’s wisdom in the race.

Shall not ILearn place and wisdom? Have I not learned this,Only so much to hate my enemy,As though he might again become my friend,And so much good to wish to do my friend,As knowing he may yet become my foe?

But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years.

Mark this, my son: all people fall into sin.But sinning, they are not for ever lostHapless and helpless, who can make amendsAnd has not set their face against repentance.Only a fool is governed by self-will.

Wise words; but O, when wisdom brings no profit,To be wise is to suffer.

It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.

Take these things to heart, my son, I warn you.All men make mistakes, it is only human.But once the wrong is done, a mancan turn his back on folly, misfortune too,if he tries to make amends, however low he's fallen,and stops his bullnecked ways. Stubbornnessbrands you for stupidity - pride is a crime.