Pacuvius, 160-1
Orestes
“But if your qualities are so great, I fear I am unable to equal them
Unless I never hesitate to accomplish whatever good I can.”
At si tanta sunt promerita vestra, aequiperare ut queam
Vereor, nisi numquam fatiscar facere quod quibo boni.
Pacuvius, 179-180
“Although slow in itself, old age has this native trait:
All things seem to it to be accomplished slowly.”
Habet hoc senectus in sese ipsa cum pigra est
Spisse ut videantur omnia ei confieri
Pacuvius, 240, Medus
“If I pause, he urges me forward; if I try to advance, he stops me from going.”
Si resto, pergit ut eam, si ire conor, probibet baetere
