A true friend is tested in adversity..

A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.

A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances..

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….

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

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

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

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

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

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….

I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza..

They hate whom they fear..

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so.

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..

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….

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.].

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacry….

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

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

Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping..