Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

A pauper in the midst of wealth.

The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

Every old poem is sacred.

When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.