[3939]. Nat. Chytreus deliciis Europae, Felix civitas quae tempore pacis de bello cogitat.

[3940]. Occupat extremum scabies; mihi turpe relinqui est. Hor.

[3941]. Lipsius epist. quaest. l. 1. ep. 7.

[3942]. Lipsius epist. lib. I. epist. 7.

[3943]. Gloria comitem habet invidiam, pari onere premitur retinendo ac acquirendo.

[3944]. Quid aliud ambitiosus sibi parat quam ut probra ejus pateant? nemo vivens qui non habet in vita plura vitoperatione quam laude digna; his malis non melius occurritur, quam si bene latueris.

[3945]. Et omnes fama per urbes garrula laudet.

[3946]. Sen. Her. fur.

[3947]. Hor. “I live like a king without any of these acquisitions.”

[3948]. “But all my labour was unprofitable; for while death took off some of my friends, to others I remain unknown, or little liked, and these deceive me with false promises. Whilst I am canvassing one party, captivating another, making myself known to a third, my age increases, years glide away, I am put off, and now tired of the world, and surfeited with human worthlessness. I rest content.”