One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
For the short-lived bloom and contracted span of brief and wretched life is fast fleeting away! While we are drinking and calling for garlands, ointments, and women, old age steals swiftly on with noiseless step.