A branch if easily bended yields to thee,
Pull hard it breaks: the difference you see.
[3984]Quo quisque est major, magis est placabilis irae,
Et faciles motus mens generosa capit.
A greater man is soonest pacified,
A noble spirit quickly satisfied.
[3998]Iterum ille rem judicatam judicat,
Majoreque mulcta mulctat.
[3999]Raro antecedentem scelestum
Deseruit pede poena claudo.