Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.
Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.
Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.
Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.