"And kis the steppes, wher-as thou seest pace Virgile, Ovyde, Omer, Lucan, and Stace."

"I think Statius a truer poet than Lucan, though he is very extravagant sometimes."

"Strada, in his Prolusions, has placed Statius on the highest top of Parnassus; thereby intimating the strength of his…"

"Sors aequa merentes respicit."

"O caeca nocentum consilia! o semper timidum scelus!"

"Quid crastina volveret aetas scire nefas homini."

"Primus in orbe deos fecit timor."

"Dulce loqui miseris veteresque reducere questus."

"Pro fors et caeca futuri mens hominum!"

"Stazio la gente ancor di là mi noma: cantai di Tebe, e poi del grande Achille; ma caddi in via con la seconda soma."