Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die. [Fr., Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels.]

He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends

Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.

Our relatives are ours by chance, but we can choose our friends.

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.