What Is God, What Is

In Misfortune, Which Friend Remains A Friend?

A Second Wife Is Hateful To The Children Of The First; A Viper Is Not More Hateful.

Had I Succeeded Well, I Had Been Reckoned Amongst The Wise; Our Minds Are So Disposed To Judge From The Event.

I Have Found Power In The Mysteries Of Thought, Exaltation In The Changing Of The Muses; I Have Been Versed In The Reasonings Of Men; But Fate Is Stronger Than Anything I Have Known.

For With Slight Efforts How Should We Obtain Great Results? It Is Foolish Even To Desire It.