Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start