Horus non numero nisi serenas-"I count only the hours that are serene"-is the motto of a sundial near Venice. There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. (William Hazlitt)

Horus non numero nisi serenas-"I count only the hours that are serene"-is the motto of a sundial near Venice. There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled.

William Hazlitt

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