Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

C'ATO21. Your faults in drink should not your ])ardon\\'inThe wine is guiltless : 'tis the drinker's sin.22. Trust secret plans to friend who guards hisspeech,And bodily treatment to a faithful leech.23. Chafe not against men's undeserved successTo bring it low Luck smiles on wickedness.24. Ills, as they come, prepare to undergo :What we've foreseen deals us a lighter blow.25. Let not your courage droop in darkest hours :Hope on ; for hope alone at death is ours.*^26. Do not let slip the thing that suits your mindChance wears a forelock, but is bald behind.27. Observe the past and what impends foresee,Like Janus, facing both ways equally.28. For growth in strength, at times eat food inmeasureYou owe more to your health than to yourpleasure.29. Ne'er stand alone to flout the general view :If you flout many, none may care for you.30. Your health, the chief thing, guard with mightand mainDon't blame the season for your self-causedpain.31. Reck not of dreams; in things which menpursue,Sleep sees the hopes of waking hours cometrue.° This is probably an instance where Christian thought hascoloured the Disticha " : hope alone does not desert man—noteven in death."609