Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.

There is no evil in the world without a remedy.

Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. [Lat., L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera, E si dilegua come agnel per fascino.]

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes in the heart of a woman