No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.
Nothing is swifter than rumor.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour.
The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.