Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic... (wikipedia)
At last came Malherbe, and made verse run smoothly - the first in France to do so.
Honour is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return