Horace

"To know oneself is the beginning of all true knowledge."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time."

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

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

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he possesses the right questions."

"Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment."

"Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow."

"A man is the creature of his times, and his conduct must be judged in relation to his contemporaries."

"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

"You will always be fond of the mistakes that made you wise."

"The envious man grows lean with the fatness of his neighbor."

"He who restrains the brutality of age will die neither poor nor powerless."

"Better to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught."

"Not to hope for things to last forever is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"He who is puffed up with wind-like pride has the greatest fall."

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

"Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it."

"Think it more satisfactory to live richly than to die rich."

"The arts require a keen and delicate sensibility."

"Practice is the best of all instructors."

"To live long, it is necessary to live slowly."

"Remove the cause, and the effect will cease."

"A liar should have a good memory."

"The guest fares best when he eats little."

"Courage grows more mighty than fear when confronted."