Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

Of all ills that one endures,/ hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Though you be absent here, I needs must say / The trees as beauteous are, and flowers as gay, / As ever they were wont to be.

Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.