Aiming at brevity, I become ob...

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

False praise can please, and c...

False praise can please, and calumny affright
None but the vicious, and the hypocrite.

Change generally pleases the r...

Change generally pleases the rich.
[Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]

I am not what I once was.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

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He despises what he sought; an...

He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away.
[Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.]

The lazy ox wishes for horse-t...

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

The mind that is cheerful in i...

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

However rich or elevated, a na...

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

How does it happen, Maecenas, ...

How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
[Lat., Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem,
Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa
Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes.]

A stomach that is seldom empty...

A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food.
[Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]

Envy is not to be conquered bu...

Envy is not to be conquered but by death.

We are more speedily and fatal...

We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.

The body oppressed by excesses...

The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.

The shame of fools conceals th...

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds.
[Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]

Cease to inquire what the futu...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
[Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et
Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro
Appone.]

A wise God shrouds the future ...

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

Curst is the wretch enslaved t...

Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice,
Who ventures life and soul upon the dice.

Gold loves to make its way thr...

Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.

Nothing is difficult to mortal...

Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est;
Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]

Busy idleness urges us on.

Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

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