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The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
