Ovid

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

First appearance deceives many.

Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.

If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement

Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

Love is the force that leaves you colorless

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.