I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
HORACE
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
![Horace Quote - And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/and-i-endeavour-to-subdue-circumstances-to-myself-.jpg)
![Horace Quote - Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/pale-death-with-impartial-step-knocks-at-the-hut-o.jpg)
![Horace Quote - He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/he-will-often-have-to-scratch-his-head-and-bite-hi.jpg)
