Horace

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country produces."

"They change their climate, not their disposition, who run across the sea."

"The only certainty is change."

"The mind is willing but the flesh is weak."

"Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord over himself."

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

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Seize the day, and put the least trust in tomorrow."

"When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you teach them and learn its lesson well."

"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect."

"The fault is great when the doctor becomes the patient's accomplice."

"Money, the most charming of deities, moves and controls all things."

"Rule your mind or it will rule you."

"Nothing is truly admirable but the mind; nothing is really of consequence but its decisions."

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."

"Wisdom calls to us all, but it is the courageous who answer."

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

"The burden of the past is the enemy of the future."

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

"Harsh necessity and the sea give orders that must be obeyed."

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

"The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others."

"You will find the poets' most noble and divine part in their figures and tropes."

"It is folly to fear what you cannot avoid."

"Anger is a short madness."

"It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman."

"Misfortune, if born with patience, becomes wisdom."

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