1Miscellaneous Observations, 1732 (Franklin Papers)
Horace, Ars Poetica, 43.
2To Benjamin Franklin from John Mitchell, 12 September 1745 (Franklin Papers)
Horace, Ars Poetica, 388.
3VIII. “U” to the Boston Gazette, 5 September 1763 (Adams Papers)
...think that everything must yield to force of arms. (Horace, Ars Poetica, I. 121–122.)
4To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Small, 13 April 1772 (Franklin Papers)
Horace, Ars poetica, 78, which may be freely rendered as “the...
5Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 August 1814, including Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Moore, [ca. 1773?] (Jefferson Papers)
...handle Greek models by night, handle them by day” (Horace, Ars Poetica, 268–9, in Fairclough,
6To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 5 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...were in labor and a ridiculous mouse was born”: Horace, Ars Poetica, 139.
7To Benjamin Franklin from Sir Edward Newenham, 20 October 1783 (Franklin Papers)
...labor, to birth will come a laughter-rousing mouse: Horace, Ars Poetica,
8To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 10 January 1784 (Jay Papers)
...Though ten times repeated, it will continue to please.” Horace, Ars Poetica 365.
9C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams, 7 November 1784 (Adams Papers)
...labor, and a silly little mouse will be born (Horace, Ars Poetica,
10John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 3 May 1788 (Adams Papers)
...unfit / To cut myself, I sharpen others’ wit (Horace, Ars Poetica, lines 304–305).