All his life he prided himself on his poetry (mostly Latin), and boasted that he could recite the bulk of Virgil 's "Aeneid" by heart.
Ang lahat ng kanyang buhay siya prided kanyang sarili sa kanyang tula (halos lahat Latin), at boasted na siya ay maaaring bigkasin ang bulk ng Vergilius' s "Aeneid" sa pamamagitan ng puso.