Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.
My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.