Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords; On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

Whether one is treating a light or an exalted subject, let the sense and the rhyme always agree.