Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.