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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Prosperity |
| In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus. In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. Cicero—De Officiis. I. 26. | 1 |
| Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est. It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. Cicero—De Officiis. I. 26. | 2 |
| C’est un faible roseau que la prospérité. Prosperity is a feeble reed. Daniel d’Anchères—Tyr et Sidon. | 3 |
| Alles in der Welt lässt sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schönen Tagen. Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. Goethe—Sprüche in Reimen. III. | 4 |
| Prosperity lets go the bridle. Herbert—Jacula Prudentum. | 5 |
| The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. Isaiah. XXXV. 1. | 6 |
| I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste. Alain René Le Sage—Gil Blas. Bk. VII. Ch. IV. Henri Van Laun’s trans. | 7 |
| Felix se nescit amari. The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. Lucan—Pharsalia. VII. 727. | 8 |
| They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree. Micah. IV. 4. | 9 |
| Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur’d us. Milton—Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 39. | 10 |
| Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Proverbs. III. 16. | 11 |
| Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera æstimatio. The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. Quintilian—De Institutione Oratoria. IX. 6. | 12 |
| Res secundæ valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est. Prosperity can change man’s nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. Quintus Curtius Rufus—De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni. X. 1. 40. | 13 |
| Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas! How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. Seneca—De Brevitate Vitæ. XIII. | 14 |
| Semel profecto premere felices deus Cum cœpit, urget; hos habent magna exitus. When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. Seneca—Hercules Œtæus. 713. | 15 |
| There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. Henry VI. Pt. II. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 70. | 16 |
| Prosperity’s the very bond of love. Winter’s Tale. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 584. | 17 |
| La prospérité fait peu d’amis. Prosperity makes few friends. Vauvenargues—Reflexions. XVII. | 18 |
| Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near. John Webster—White Devil. Act V. Sc. 6. | 19 |
| Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines. Young—Night Thoughts. Night V. L. 915. | 20 |
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