The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would convey, be brief, that your hearers may catch quickly what is said and faithfully retain it. Every superfluous word is spilled from the too-full memory.
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.