In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.
Plant no other tree before the vine.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it
Nothing is swifter than rumor.
The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would convey, be brief, that your hearers may catch quickly what is said and faithfully retain it. Every superfluous word is spilled from the too-full memory.