(Vol. viii., p. 372.)
Adopting the suggestion of F. W. J., I contribute the following parallel
passages towards the collection which he proposes:
1. "And He said unto them, Take heed and beware of covetousness, for a
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth."--Luke xii. 15.
"Non possidentem multa vocaveris
Recte beatum; rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui Deorum
Muneribus sapienter uti,
Duramque callet pauperiem pati;
Pejusque leto flagitium timet."--Hor. _Carm._, lib. IV. ode ix.
2. "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would that do I not;
but what I hate that do I."--Rom. vii. 15.
"Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido,
Mens aliud suadet. Video meliora, proboque:
Deteriora sequor."--Ovid, _Metam._, lib. VII. 19-21.
"Quae nocuere sequar, fugiam quae profore credam."--_Hor._, lib. I. epist.
viii. 11.