αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
verbascum: i, n.,I a plant, mullein, Plin. 25, 10, 73, § 120; 26, 4, 11, § 23.