Horace

"Words once spoken can never be recalled."

"Rome was not built in a day."

"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children is a sound mind in a sound body."

"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

"Where we find agreement, there lies the possibility of trust."

"The greatest danger lies in underestimating your opponent."

"He who waits for nothing dies satisfied."

"Music expresses that which cannot be said in words."

"The mind of a man is like spring water; if it is pure it will reflect heaven."

"He who envies as little as possible enjoys the most."

"He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich."

"The mob is a monster of many heads."

"Riches either serve or govern the possessor."

"Ask for what you wish, but work for what you need."

"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

"To refrain from sin when one can sin is true strength."

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

"Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist."

"He laughs best who laughs last."

"Beauty without virtue is a curse."

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself, and the unknown."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."

"The sting of a reproach is the truth of it."

"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings."

"He who is too much in anything will be too much out of other things."

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."