I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.

Come,my friends,Tis not too late to seek a newer world,For my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset，And though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven,That which we are, we are;-- One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield。

有能力给予当然比有能力接受来得更让人愉快。