The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.

Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.