To say to sickly people, Don’t be ill!
Easy to blame bad boxing at a fight,
But not so for oneself to do it right.
Action is one thing, talk another quite.
Your fortune differs as to bed and board;
Your wife—if ugly—can good fare afford.
DIPHILUS
Learn, mortal, learn thy natural ills to bear:
These, these alone thou must endure; but spare
A heavier load upon thyself to bring