Except what men think wrong, there's nothing ill,
(From the "Aeolus" of Euripides, Frag. 19.)
presently subjoined this corrective,
What's wrong is so,—believe men what they will.
And Cleanthes, hearing this passage concerning wealth:—
Great is th' advantage that great wealth attends,
For oft with it we purchase health and friends,
(Euripides, "Electra," 428.)
presently altered it thus:
Great disadvantage oft attends on wealth;
We purchase whores with't and destroy our health.
And Zeno corrected that of Sophocles,
The man that in a tyrant's palace dwells
His liberty for's entertainment sells,
after this manner:—