To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
Let your poem be kept nine years.