The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality.

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

Life gives nothing to man without labor.

One Sallow does not make Summer.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.

The Sun, the stars and the seasons as they pass, some can gaze upon these with no strain of fear.