“Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.” GamesTasksFortuneUncertainFavourShiftingWanton Author:Horace
“Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.” Has BeensDrainedFly AwayDregs Author:Horace
“Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.” MayTrackLegsQuittingSinnerNever QuitRetributionLame Author:Horace
“Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.” WayHardWalksPowerfulBreakRocksGoldBlowDelightMidstLightningHard Rock Author:Horace
“Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]” CompetitionEnvyNoiseFedsInvitesStrifeCrow Author:Horace
