Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted
death shall perish by his own read more

Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted
death shall perish by his own plot.
[Lat., Neque enim lex est aequior ulla,
Quam necis artifices arte perire sua.]

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.