I was young, but poor; now in old age I am rich, alas, alone of all men pitiable in both, who then could enjoy when I had nothing, and now have when I cannot enjoy.
XXX THE VINE'S REVENGE EVENUS
Though thou devour me down to the root, yet still will I bear so much fruit as will serve to pour libation on thee, O goat, when thou art sacrificed.
XXXI REVERSAL PLATO
A man finding gold left a halter; but he who had left the gold, not finding it, knotted the halter he found.
XXXII TENANTS AT WILL AUTHOR UNKNOWN
I was once the field of Achaemenides, now I am Menippus', and again I shall pass from another to another; for the former thought once that he owned me, and the latter thinks so now in his turn; and I belong to no man at all, but to Fortune.
XXXIII PARTING COMPANY AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Hope, and thou Fortune, a long farewell; I have found the haven; there is nothing more between me and you; make your sport of those who come after me.