1. Never, while time endures, despair of an enemy’s friendship;

    nor, while time endures, feel safe from a beloved’s estrangement.

  2. Whatever is coming is not far off—for it will surely come to pass;

    nor is any bygone delight close at hand.

  3. All that is yet to come—you are its kin,

    but you are kin to nothing that has passed.

Sol 5.6