Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
No man is born without faults.
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.
The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant.