If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
HoraceThere is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not asked to sing they never stop.
HoracePainters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.
Horace