Caesar writes verses; hence all follow in his steps.

Only it is not permitted to write better verses than Caesar, and for that reason I fear a little for Lucan.

But I write prose, with which, however, I do not honor myself or others.

What the lector has to read are codicilli of that poor Fabricius Veiento." "Why 'poor' ?" "Because it has been communicated to him that he must dwell in Odyssa and not return to his domestic hearth till he receives a new command.
That Odyssey will be easier for him than for Ulysses, since his wife is no Penelope.

I need not tell thee, for that matter, that he acted stupidly.