1. What life could be more eloquent than one
Of bare subsistence, food enough to live?

2. The wrongdoer cannot escape unharmed,
And wrongs himself does every wrongful man.

3. Full many with blessings are beset, but find
Between them and enjoyment barriers rise.

4. Most eloquent of teachers is old age;
It tells me more than finest words convey.

5. My reason, wealth, and youth the days betrayed,
My health and leisure too are now betrayed.