The idle mind knows not what it wants..

They hate whom they fear..

That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast..

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars..

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre..

The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.].

He who has two languages has two souls..

He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to hi….

A true friend is tested in adversity..

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed..

A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.

A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances..

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics..

A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of….

One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report. [Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat e….

To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how ….

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise..

Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do..

How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse diff….

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen..

The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood..