He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.
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.
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.