Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Quote by Horace

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Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...