Le lettere paragonate agli amici: buone compagne, finché non si aspettano utilità da loro.
Letters compared to friends: they are good company until you start expecting something useful.
Vedi Scienze e Lettere See Sciences and Letters. 4268,21[4268,1]
Τhe muses are amicae omnium horarum; and, like our gay acquaintance, the best company in the world, as long as one expects no real service from them.
Ibid.
