With equal pace, impartial Fat...

With equal pace, impartial Fate
Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate.

Something is always wanting to...

Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune.
[Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]

I praise her (Fortune) while s...

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
[Lat., Laudo manentem; si celeres quatit
Pennas, resigno quae dedit, et mea
Virtute me involvo, probamque
Pauperiem sine dote quaero.]

In a moment comes either death...

In a moment comes either death or joyful victory.
[Lat., Horae
Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

Wise were the kings who never ...

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

To have a great man for an int...

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
[Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici;
Expertus metuit.]

Nor let a god come in, unless ...

Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention.
[Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]

The gods my protectors.
[...

The gods my protectors.
[Lat., Di me tuentur.]

Nor does Apollo keep his bow c...

Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn.
[Lat., Neque semper arcum
Tendit Apollo.]

The more we deny ourselves, th...

The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret.]

Thou oughtest to know, since t...

Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods.
[Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]

God can change the lowest to t...

God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.

Who guides below, and rules ab...

Who guides below, and rules above,
The great disposer, and the mighty king;
Than He none greater, next Him none,
That can be, is, or was.

Who is a good man? He who keep...

Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws.
[Lat., Vir bonus est quis?
Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]

The earth opens impartially he...

The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.

You will not rightly call him ...

You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death.
[Lat., Non possidentem multa vocaveris
Recte beatum; rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui Deorum
Muneribus sapienter uti,
Duramque callet pauperiem pati,
Pejusque leto flagitium timet.]

Justice, though moving with ta...

Justice, though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight.
[Lat., Raro antecedentem scelestum
Deseruit pede poena claudo.]

He who would reach the desired...

He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold.
[Lat., Qui studet optatam cursu coningere metam
Multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit.]

O sweet solace of labors.

O sweet solace of labors.
[Lat., O laborum
Dulce lenimen.]

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To carry timber into the wood....

To carry timber into the wood.
[Lat., In silvam ligna ferre.]