"Felix natu, felicior vitâ, felicissimus morte."

Of whom was this said, and by whom?

Henry H. Breen.

St. Lucia.

"Gutta cavat lapidem."—Can any reader of "N. & Q." inform me whence the following verse is taken?

"Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed sæpe cadendo."

The first half, I know, is the commencement of a line in Ov. ex Ponto, Ep. x. v. 5., which concludes with—

"... consumitur annulus usu."

I have seen it quoted, but no reference given.

A. W.