A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
He will be beloved when he is no more.
It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.