14 definitions
Display (n.) is all show: such things are displayed, not possessed, and while they please they pass away.
Evil (n.) herself drinks the largest portion of her own poison.
The Fool (n.) is a hungry dog tossed scraps by Fortune: he swallows each one whole and gapes for the next, never enjoying any.
Fortune (n.) should keep a man in her camp rather than in the lap of luxury: tortured but brave, all is well; dying, but bravely, it is also well.
Freedom (n.) comes, not to him over whom Fortune has slight power, but to him over whom she has no power at all.
Friendship (n.) is sweeter to make than to keep, as painting is sweeter to the artist than having painted.
Friendship (n.) is more pleasant to make than to have, as a painter enjoys the painting more than the finished picture.
Greed (n.) is a dog snapping at scraps from its master’s hand: it swallows whatever it catches whole, without real pleasure, and opens its jaws for more.
Memory (n.) is like bitter fruit or the sharpness of a very old wine: when it turns to departed friends, the sourness itself stimulates the palate.
Remembrance (n.) of lost friends pleases like acid fruit or very old wine, whose very bitterness is the pleasure.
Riches (n.) are despised not for their uselessness but for their pettiness: a display that could not fill one day cannot fill a life.