Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
We are free to yield to truth.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.