Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.