To be great, be whole: don’t exaggerate
Or leave out any part of you.
Be complete in each thing. Put all you are
Into the least of your acts.
So too in each lake, with its lofty life,
The whole moon shines.
Building well has three conditions: firmness, commodity, and delight.
So foul a sky clears not without a storm
There was no point dedicating myself to besting the rival suitors. Unlike them - superior to them - I knew…