 The poet James Thomson owned five editions of Horace's work and the physician James Douglas had five hundred books with Horace-related titles.Horace was often commended in periodicals such as The Spectator, as a hallmark of good judgement, moderation and manliness, a focus for moralising.His verses offered a fund of mottoes, such as "simplex munditiis" (elegance in simplicity), "splendide mendax" (nobly untruthful), "sapere aude" (dare to know), "nunc est bibendum" (now is the time to drink), "carpe diem" (seize the day, perhaps the only one still in common use today).