Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.
One Sallow does not make Summer.