Seneca
Seneca
according dictates nature notions
If you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor; if according to the notions of man, you will never be rich.
drag fate fates lead
The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
bottom economy economy-and-economics late
Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
art bear borne bravely cannot endured girl midst pain scorned short slight thou
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.