It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
There is moderation in everything.
Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.
Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee.