Horace

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.

There is a middle ground in things.

It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

We are deceived by the appearance of right.

Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.

The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.

One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.

Force without judgement falls on its own weight.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it

If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

A picture is a poem without words

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.