On day is pressed on by another.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.
Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.