Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.
Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.
For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.