Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.
There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.