CLAUDIANUS REASON AND NOT PASSION OUGHT TO GUIDE MAN. xvii. 228. Diis proximus ille est, Quem ratio, non ira movet, qui facta rependens That man approaches the gods, who is guided by reason and not by passion, and who, weighing the facts, can proportion the punishment with discretion. HOW A KINGDOM OUGHT TO BE GOVERNED. xvii. 239. Peraget tranquilla potestas Quod violenta nequit ; mandataque fortius urget Imperii quies. Power will accomplish more by gentle than by violent means; and calmness will best enforce the imperial mandates. A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. xviii. 181. Asperius nihil est humili, cum surgit in altum. Nothing is more harsh than a low-born man raised to high estate. MAN OF HONOUR. xxi. 39. Mens ardua semper A puero, tenerisque etiam fulgebat in annis Of an He cherished lofty thoughts from his boyhood, and his high fortune threw its shadow before from his earliest years. erect and bold spirit, he aimed at mighty objects, and was no flatterer of the great. A PIOUS KING. xxiv. 113. Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under a noble prince. Liberty never appears in a more gracious form than under a pious prince. REVERSES OF HIGH FORTUNE. iii. 22. Tolluntur in altum Ut lapsu graviore ruant. Men are raised to the highest pinnacle of fortune that they may fall with a heavier crash. THE MISER. iii. 200. Semper inops, quicunque cupit. GREAT AFFAIRS. v. 49. Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia causis. Alas! by what trivial means are great affairs brought to nought. HONOURABLE CONDUCT. viii. 266. Sed comprime motus, Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit, Restrain your feelings, and consider not what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honour restrain your conduct. THE EXAMPLE OF THE REIGNING PRINCE. viii. 301. Componitur orbis Regis ad exemplum; nec sic inflectere sensus The people follow the example of their prince; and laws have less influence in moulding their lives than the model which his life exhibits. PRIDE. viii. 305. Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores. The noblest conduct is stained by the addition of pride. HORATIUS A POET'S VANITY. Od. i. 1. 36. Sublimi feriam sidera vertice. Swift to the noblest heights of fame PRAYER FOR A FRIEND'S LIFE. Serus in cœlum redeas, diuque Oh! late return to heaven, and may thy reign PRESUMPTION OF MANKIND. Od. i. 3. 25. Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas. Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitiâ. No work too high for man's audacious force. DEATH. Od. i. 4. 12. Pallida Mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas, Regumque turres. With equal pace impartial Fate Knocks at the palace as the cottage gate. SHORTNESS OF LIFE. Od. i. 4. 15. Vitæ summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam. Nor should our sum of life extend Our growing hopes beyond their destined end. SIMPLICITY IN DRESS. Simplex munditiis. Plain in thy neatness. NEVER DESPAIR. Od. i. 7. 27. Nil desperandum Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro. ENJOY THE PRESENT. Od. i. 9. 13. Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quærere; et To-morrow with its cares despise, And make the present hour your own; And score it up as clearly won. FLEETNESS OF TIME. Od. i. 11. 3. Ut melius, quicquid erit, pati! Seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Jupiter ultimam, To know our lives' uncertain date; Whether th' indulgent power divine Which breaks its waves against the shore. Thy life with wiser arts be crown'd, The lengthen'd hope with prudence bound Even while we talk in careless ease, GROWTH OF REPUTATION. Crescit, occulto velut arbor ævo, Marcellus, like a youthful tree, of growth WEDDED LOVE. Od. i. 13. 17. Felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula, nec, malis Supremâ citius solvet amor die. Thrice happy they, whom love unites RESOLUTE IN CONDUCT. Portum. Fortiter occupa Cast firm your anchor in the friendly port. ANGER. Od. i. 16. 22. Compesce mentem. Thy wrath control. WINE AND ITS ADVANTAGES. Quis, post vina, gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat? Of war, or of want, who e'er prates o'er his wine? SELF-LOVE AND INDISCRETION. Od. i. 18. 14. Subsequitur cæcus Amor sui, |