All things considered, nothing is beautiful.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine.
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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.