The happiness of men stays not a long time,

Though fast it follows rushing on.

Humble in humble estate, lofty in lofty,

I will be; and the attending dæmon

I will always reverence in my mind,

Serving according to my means.

But if Heaven extend to me kind wealth,

I have hope to find lofty fame hereafter.

Nestor and Lycian Sarpedon—

They are the fame of men—