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"For mine own particular," he said, "I will say with the poet, 'Crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit, Et intra fortunam debet quisque manere suam."
With the expansion of the town to the plain below, this system gave great opportunity for the development of baths, fountains, and waterworks, for Praeneste wished to vie with Tibur and Rome, where the Anio river and the many aqueducts had made possible great things for public use and municipal adornment. Nusquam se fortunatiorem quam Praeneste vidisse Fortunam.
is her hope; and "'Ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus, is her motto." "Madame Laurent!" repeated I, "why, surely that is the name of Mons. Margot's landlady." "I hope not," cried Vincent, "for the sake of our dinner; he reflects no credit on her good cheer "'Who eats fat dinners, should himself be fat." "At all events," said I, "we can try the good lady for once.
Garrick's fame, and his assuming the airs of a great man . JOHNSON. 'Sir, it is wonderful how little Garrick assumes. No, Sir, Garrick fortunam reverenter habet . Consider, Sir: celebrated men, such as you have mentioned, have had their applause at a distance; but Garrick had it dashed in his face, sounded in his ears, and went home every night with the plaudits of a thousand in his cranium.
"For mine own particular," he said, "I will say with the poet, 'Crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit, Et intra fortunam debet quisque manere suam."
It may be true enough that miscet haec illis, prohibetque Clotho fortunam stare, but he who said it was fain at last to call in Atropos with her shears before her time; and I cannot help selfishly mourning that the fortune of our Republick could not at least stand till my days were numbered.
Why do you not now at this instant settle yourself in the state you seem to aim at, and spare all the labour and hazard you interpose?" "Nimirum, quia non cognovit, qux esset habendi Finis, et omnino quoad crescat vera voluptas." I will conclude with an old versicle, that I think very apt to the purpose: "Mores cuique sui fingunt fortunam."
Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas. Cravissima est probi hominis iracundia. Homo totiens moritur, quotiens amittit suos. Homo vitae commodatus, non donatus est. Humanitatis optima est certatio. Iucundum nil est, nisi quod reficit varietas. Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest. Minus saepe pecces, si scias quod nescias. Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia.
is her hope; and "'Ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus, is her motto." "Madame Laurent!" repeated I, "why, surely that is the name of Mons. Margot's landlady." "I hope not," cried Vincent, "for the sake of our dinner; he reflects no credit on her good cheer "'Who eats fat dinners, should himself be fat." "At all events," said I, "we can try the good lady for once.
"For mine own particular," he said, "I will say with the poet, 'Crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit, Et intra fortunam debet quisque manere suam."
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