By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!.

Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday's exces….

One night is awaiting us all, and the way of death must be trodden once. [Lat., Omnes una manet nox, Et calcanda semel via leti.].

The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.].

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what i….

Never despair. [Nil desperandum.].

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it..

A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.].

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale..

He will be beloved when he is no more..

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were.

I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine..

The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would convey, be brief, tha….

The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.].

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass..

Live mindful of how brief your life is..

Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help..

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly..

The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.].

What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir..

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave..