Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.