214 ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA. 



15. Facit gratum fortuna, quam nemo videt. 



The fortune which nobody sees, makes a man happy and 

 unen vied. 



16. Heu ! quam miserum est ab illo Isedi, de quo non 

 possis queri. 



O ! what a miserable thing it is to be hurt by such a 

 one of whom it is in vain to complain. 



17. Homo toties moritur quoties amittit suos. 

 A man dies as often as he loses his friends. 



18. Hoeredis fletus, sub persona risus est. 



The tears of an heir are laughter under a vizard. 



19. Jucundum nihil est, nisi quod reficit varietas. 

 Nothing is pleasant, to which variety does not give a 



relish. 



20. Invidiam ferre, aut fortis, aut foelix potest. 



He may bear envy, who is either courageous or happy. 



21. In malis sperare bonum, nisi innocens, nemo potest. 

 None but a virtuous man can hope well in ill circum 

 stances. 



22. In vindicando, criminosa est celeritas. 



In taking revenge, the very haste we make is criminal. 



23. In calamitoso risus etiam injuria est. 



When men are in calamity, if we do but laugh we offend. 



24. Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum Naufragium 

 facit. 



He accuseth Neptune unjustly, who makes shipwreck a 

 second time. 



25. Multis minatur, qui uni facit injuriam. 

 He that injures one, threatens a hundred. 



26. Mora omnis ingrata est, sed facit sapientiam. 



All delay is ungrateful, but we are not wise without it. 



27. Mori est foelicis antequam mortem invocet. 

 Happy he who dies ere he calls for death to take him 



away. 



2o. Malus ubi bonum se simulat, tune est pessimus. 



An ill man is always ill ; &amp;lt;but he is then worst of all when 

 he pretends to be a saint. 



29. Magno cum periculo custoditur, quod multis placet. 

 Lock and key will scarce keep that secure, which pleases 



every body. 



30. Male vivunt qui se semper victuros putant. 

 They think ill who think of living always. 



31. Male secum agit aeger, modicum qui hseredem facit. 

 That sick man docs ill for himself, who makes his phy 

 sician his heir. 



