Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!