What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.
To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
A thousand ills require a thousand cures.
Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.