Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.