A True Friend Is Tested In Adversity.

I Never Indulge In Rhyme Or Stanza Unless I'm In Bed With The Influenza.

Here Is He Laid To Whom For Daring Deed, Nor Friend Nor Foe Could Render Worthy Meed.

Don't Ask Of Your Friends What You Yourself Can Do.

The Roman State Stands By Ancient Customs, And Its Manhood.

To Later Romans Ennius Was The Personification Of The Spirit Of Early Rome; By Them He Was Called "the Father Of Roman Poetry." We Must Remember How Truly Greek He Was In His Point Of View. He Set The Example For Later Latin Poetry By Writing The First Epic Of Rome In Greek Hexameter Verses Instead Of In The Old Saturnian Verse. He Made Popular The Doctrines Of Euhemerus, And He Was In General A Champion Of Free Thought And Rationalism.