Horace

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, _x000D_ but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, _x000D_ to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, _x000D_ and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.

Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious?_x000D_ _x000D_ Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush.

She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine, he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

There is moderation in everything.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.

He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.