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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
