Be a mason instead, if you have a talent for that. |
Everywhere my thought offers and exposes itself to the light of day, and my verse, whether good or bad, always says something. |
Great king, cease winning victories, or I shall give up writing. |
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. |
Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse. |
Take fresh heart and never forget that a warmed-up dinner is worth nothing at all. |
Whether one is treating a light or an exalted subject, let the sense and the rhyme always agree. |