Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.
Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.
If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!