Horace

"I am not at all in a humorous mood."

"Virtue is the only true nobility."

"Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by day, when we fail to sing, to laugh, to dance, to play."

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

"The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor."

"Patience is a virtue of the strong, and doubt the mark of the weak."

"I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm."

"Your body's not a temple, it's an amusement park."

"Paint the object as you see it."

"Shun no toil to make yourself renowned."

"The man is his own most vexatious tax collector."

"I choose not to place decorations of flowers."

"The good man needs no laws, he needs none because his own nature is a law unto himself."

"Wisdom is not found in books alone."

"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Who is the Godly man? He that keeps the laws of God."

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

"It is forbidden to forbid."

"Your worth consists in what you are, not in what you have."

"He who has ability to be cruel is strong; he who refuses to be cruel is merciful."

"Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely."

"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"Delay is the deadliest form of denial."

"Keep a sharp eye on man, but be more careful of yourself."

"The envious man grows lean at another's prosperity."

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"A man is not hurt by the blows of his enemy, but by a hostile word."