Horace

"Art is the safest channel for the expression of feelings."

"The greatest disgrace is to love ones country for wrong reasons."

"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath."

"Without strength, virtue is not felt, but assumed."

"The pen is more powerful than the sword."

"He who fears no hardship is hardened against it."

"The days grow short, but not the chill they bring."

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools."

"Experience is the teacher of all things."

"Strike while the iron is hot."

"Your desires make you a slave to fortune."

"The laws are silent in the midst of arms."

"Little by little, near by near, good things come to those who persevere."

"He who plants a well-grown grove plants for the benefit of another age."

"Take away ambition and the proud man crumbles into dust."

"The angry man opens his mouth and closes his eyes."

"Wisdom comes through suffering."

"Bad company ruins good character."

"I have not lost my wealth, but I have learned what it means to lose it."

"Pallor follows extreme exertions of the mind."

"The rich are distinguished by nothing but their wealth, the great by nothing but their power."

"A promise made is a debt unpaid."

"Better to reign in a cottage than serve in a castle."

"To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice."

"Let us take heed of the future."

"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"The just man is not born by chance, but trained and made."

"Fortune can take from us only what she gave us."

"The sound of a bell is not a bell."