“Lex sapientis fons vitæ, ut declinet a ruina mortis.”
“The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”
“The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.”
“The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.”
“The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.”
That. Septuagint, “but the fool is slain in the snare.” (Haydock)
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.