Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.].

Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today..

I, too, am indignant when the worthy Homer nods; yet in a long work it is allowable for sleep to creep over the writer. [Lat., Et idem Indignor quand….

Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs..

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

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously..

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it..

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on..

Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt..

We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest..

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others..

As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow..

Envy is not to be conquered but by death..

In times of stress, be bold and valiant..

The horse would plough, the ox would drive the car. No; do the work you know, and tarry where you are..

There is nothing assured to mortals..

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches..

It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common..

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches..

Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.].

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can..