“Either stick to tradition or see that your inventions be consistent.”

“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.”

“Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.”

“Mingle a dash of folly with your wisdom.”

“Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant.”

“Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.Horace”

“Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start”