Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.

The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Here Jove with Hermes came; but in disguise Of mortal men conceal'd their deities; One laid aside his thunder, one his rod

Money nowadays is money; money brings office; money gains friends; everywhere the poor man is down. [Lat., In pretio pretium nunc est; dat census honores, Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet.]

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.