Dicimus autem Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitæ, Nec jactare jugum, vita didicere magistra.

" He did not mean that they are happy only in the sense of being "fortunate," felices, in such moments, but that they were happy in the sense of being "blessed," beati; and this feeling of blessedness they communicate.

Omitto aegros, exules, mendicos, quos nemo audet felices dicere.