What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
Envy is not to be conquered but by death.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of teh cottage, and the portals of the palace.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.