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A fortunate shepherd is nursed in a rude cradle in some wild forest, and, if fortune smile, has risen to empire. That other, swathed in purple by the throne, has at last, if fortune frown, gone to feed the herd. - [Fortune] Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other. - [Difficulties] Fairer and more fruitful in spring the vine becomes from the skilful pruning of the husbandman; less pure had been the gums which the odorous balsam gives if it had not been cut by the knife of the Arabian shepherd. - [Affliction] Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy. - [Difficulties] How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons. - [Error] If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity? - [Grief] If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive where He dwells, confute me, if you can, and say where He is not. - [God] It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings. - [Death] Let him speak of his own deeds, and not of those of his forefathers. High birth is mere accident; and not virtue; for if reason had controlled birth, and given empire only to the worthy, perhaps Arbaces would have been Xerxes, and Xerxes Arbaces. - [Ancestry] O, how full of error is the judgment of mankind. They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons. They call it fortune when they know not the cause, and thus worship their own ignorance changed into a deity. - [Judgment] Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other. - [Despair] Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice. - [Obedience] The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the more strongly it strikes its roots into the ground, acquiring strength as it loses beauty. - [Firmness] The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness. - [Excess] The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens. - [Anticipation] In the dark a glimmering light is often sufficient for the pilot to find the polar star and to fix his course. [It., Fra l' ombre un lampo solo Basta al nocchier fugace Che gia ritrova il polo, Gia riconosce il mar.] - Achille (I, 6) [Light] That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken, and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall. [It., Quell' onda, che ruina Dalla pendice alpina, Balza, si frange, e mormora Ma limpida si fa.] - Alcide al Bivio [Purity] If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pieta!] - Giuseppe Riconosciuto (I) [Grief] The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.] - Giuseppe Riconosciuto (I) [Disease] Know that the slender shrub which is seen to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm. [It., Sai, che piegar si vede Il docile arboscello, Che vince allor che cede Dei turbini al furor.] - Il Trionfo di Clelia (I, 8) [Conquest] To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone. [It., Il torre altrui la vita E facolta commune Al piu vil della terra; il darla e solo De' Numi, e de' Regnanti.] - La Clemenza di Tito (III, 7) [Life] The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. [It., L'ape e la serpe spesso Suggon l'istesso umore.] - Morte d' Abele (I) [Comparison] What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra quel fiume, Nel lungo suo cammino, Se al fonte ancor vicino E torbido cosi?] - Morte d' Abele (I) [Purity]
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