Nature is harmony in discord.
In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.