Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself; may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
