Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
modicum modici N N :: short/small time; short distance, little way; little, small amount
mŏdĭcum, ī, n. (modicus), peu de chose : Juv. 9, 9.
modicum. adv. :: 少