Livy

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

"The interval between a man's discovery of virtue and his practice of it."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."

"Facts are stubborn things."

"The greatest nations are built not by conquerors but by builders."

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"The present is where time finds itself."

"What is not written is not done."

"Freedom lies in being bold."

"The city was taken not by storm but by patience."

"To lose patience is to lose the battle."

"Power is given only to him who dares to lower himself and take it."

"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."

"The remedy for wrongs is not to do wrongs."

"A man's true delight is in doing his duty."

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The beginning of a noble work may be a humble thing."

"Conviction is the conscience of the mind."

"We are born for action."

"The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to it."

"Beauty fades, but character endures."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

"The greatest pleasure is to deceive the deceiver."

"Delay is the greatest form of denial."

"What is the root of all goodness? The desire to be at peace with oneself."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"Faithful friends are hard to find."