Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν, ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών, ἄπαγε σεαυτὸν ἐκποδών, ἔρρε ἐς κόρακας, ἔρρ' ἐς κόρακας, βάλλ' ἐς μακαρίαν