Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

- Horace

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

- Horace

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

- Horace

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable.

- Horace

Money amassed either serves us or rules us.

- Horace

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

- Horace

No one is content with his own lot.

- Horace

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.

- Horace

Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

- Horace