Simplicitas.

SIMPLICITY.

Art. Am. i. 241.

Evo rarissima nostro

Simplicity most rare in our age.

OUR NEIGHBOUR.

Art. Am. i. 349.

Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris:
Vicinumque pecus grandius uber habet.
A larger crop adorns our neighbour's field,
More milk his kine from swelling udders yield.

THE BOLD.

Art. Am. i. 608.

Audentem forsque Venusque juvant.

Fortune and love befriend the bold.

PERJURIES OF LOVERS.

Art. Am. i. 633.

Jupiter ex alto perjuria ridet amantum,
Et jubet Æolios irrita ferre Notos.

Jupiter, from on high, laughs at the perjuries of lovers, and orders the winds to scatter them abroad.

ARTIFICERS OF DEATH,

Art. Am. i. 655.

Neque enim lex æquior ulla,

Quam necis artifices arte perire suâ.

A rightful doom, the laws of nature cry,
"Tis the artificers of death should die.

A MAN'S OWN GRATIFICATION.
Art. Am. i. 749.

Curæ est sua cuique voluptas.

His own gratification is the object of each.

BEAUTY.

Art. Am. ii. 113.

Forma bonum fragile est.
Beauty is a frail good.

EDUCATION.

Art. Am. ii. 121.

Nec levis, ingenuas pectus coluisse per artes,
Cura sit, et linguas edidicisse duas.

And let it be no slight care to cultivate the mind with the liberal arts, and to learn thoroughly the two languages of Greece and Rome.

SUBMISSION.

Art. Am. ii. 197.

Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis.
Submit, you conquer; serve, and you'll command.

GOLD.

Art. Am. ii. 277.

Aurea nunc vere sunt sæcula: plurimus auro
Venit honos: auro conciliatur amor.

This is now truly the golden age; the highest honours are bought with gold; even love is purchased with gold.

CUSTOM.

Art. Am. ii. 345.

Nil consuetudine majus.
Nothing is stronger than habit.

PROSPERITY.

Art. Am. ii. 437.

Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis,
Nec facile est æquâ commoda mente pati.

The passions often run riot amidst prosperity, nor is it an easy task to bear it with evenness of mind.

A DIFFICULT TASK,

Art. Am. ii. 537.

Ardua molimur: sed nulla, nisi ardua, virtus.
Difficilis nostrâ poscitur arte labor.

I attempt a difficult task, but there is nothing noble but must be secured by arduous means.

SILENCE.

Art. Am. ii. 603.

Exigua est virtus, præstare silentia rebus : At contra gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui. It is but a slight excellence to be silent, but it is a grievous fault to speak of things that ought to be concealed.

ENJOY THE PRESENT.

Art. Am. ii. 669.

Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores :
Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.
The hours enjoy whilst youth and pleasures last,
Age hurries on, and death pursues too fast.

TIME.

Art. Am. iii. 65.

Utendum est ætate; cito pede labitur ætas.
Think not hereafter will the loss repay;
For every morrow will the taste decay,
And leave less relish than the former day.

ENJOY THE PRESENT.

Art. Am. iii. 79.

Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona.

Carpite florem.

Our advantages fly away: gather flowers while ye may.

FAME OF A РОЕТ.

Art. Am. iii. 339.

Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur istis:
Nec mea Lethæis scripta dabuntur aquis.

Even I, 'tis possible, in after days,

May 'scape oblivion, and be named with these.

THE UNKNOWN.

Art. Am. iii. 397.

Quod latet, ignotum est: ignoti nulla cupido. What is hid is unknown; for what is unknown there is no desire.

PEACE.

Art. Am. iii, 502.

Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.

Fair peace becomes mankind; fury belongs to wild beasts.

THE EARTH.

Remed. Am. 45.

Terra salutares herbas, eademque nocentes
Nutrit; urticæ proxima sæpe rosa est.

The earth produces wholesome and unwholesome plants; the rose is found often next to the nettle.

THE BEGINNINGS.

Remed. Am. 91.

Principiis obsta: sera medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.
Check love's first symptoms; the weak foe surprise,
Who, once entrench'd, will all your arts despise.

TO-MORROW.

Remed. Am. 94.

Qui non est hodie, cras minus aptus erit.
He who is not prepared to-day, will be less so to-morrow.

MEDICAL ART.

Remed. Am. 131.

Temporis ars medicina fere est.

Time is generally the best doctor.

TO BURST THE CHAINS OF LOVE.
Remed. Am. 293.

Optimus ille fuit vindex, lædentia pectus
Vincula qui rupit, dedoluitque semel.

He is the best assertor of his liberties, who bursts the chain that galls his breast, and at the same time ceases to grieve.

ENVY.

Remed. Am. 369.

Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.

Envy strikes high; the wind howls round the highest peaks.

DEEDS OF GLORY.

Ad. Liv. 449.

Acta senem faciunt; hæc monumenta tibi.

His ævum fuit implendum, non segnibus annis.

It is deeds of glory that make a man old; these are what ought to be counted: time is to be filled up with these, and not with years of idleness.

PETRONIUS ARBITER

POVERTY.

c. 84.

Bonæ mentis soror est paupertas.
Poverty is closely allied to a sound mind.

LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

i. 128.

Animus, quod perdidit, optat,

Atque in præteritâ se totus imagine versat.

The mind longs for what it has lost, and is wholly intent upon the past.

ENVY AND LUXURY.
Frag. p. 867.

Qui vultur jecur intimum pererrat,
Et pectus trahit intimasque fibras,
Non est quem lepidi vocant poetæ,
Sed cordis mala, livor atque luxus.

The vulture, which gnaws the liver and distracts the breast, is not that which poets imagine, but the diseases of the heart, envy and luxurious habits.

BLABBERS OF SECRETS.
Frag. p. 876.

Nam citius flammas mortales ore tenebant,

Quam secreta tegant. Quidquid dimittis in aulâ,
Effluit et subitis rumoribus oppida pulsat.

Men could more easily hold fire in their mouths than keep secrets. Whatever you utter at court gets abroad, and excites the world with sudden reports.