Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.