The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
HoraceThat man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
HoraceThe one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
HoraceOur sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.
HoraceNot even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advantageously apply your leisure time, but you endeavor, a fugitive and wanderer, to escape from yourself, now vainly seeking to banish remorse by wine, and now by sleep; but the gloomy companion presses on you, and pursues you as you fly.
Horace