Horace Contemplates an Invitation

To celebrate the August arrival of Latin I at Truett-McConnell College, here is an easy passage for translation from the Wheelock:

Maecenas et Vergilius me hodie vocant. Quid cogitare debeo?  Quid debeo respondere?  Si erro, me saepe monent et culpant; si non erro, me laudant.  Quid hodie cogitare debeo?

Horace was a poet and satirist of the Augustan Age. He counted among his contemporaties none other than Vergil himself.  Maecenas was a wealthy Roman soldier and statesman who used him resources to patronize the arts.  He kept his home open for scholars and poets.