Ovid

"To err is human; to forgive, divine."

"A cheerful disposition, good health, and a clear conscience are the best physicians."

"Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid."

"Knowledge without application is like a tree without fruit."

"The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are."

"Work gives form to prayer."

"Every crime carries its own avenging angel."

"Be patient, and the world will spin itself to perfection."

"The greatest deception men suffer from is their own opinions."

"Vengeance is a kind of wild justice."

"In human hearts there is a constant struggle between duty and desire."

"The soil is the fountain of virtue, and virtue is the foundation of happiness."

"There is nothing more invidious than the sting of a conscience."

"Wicked deeds are not diminished by the fact that others have committed them before."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself."

"One should be just as careful about selecting one's enemies as one's friends."

"Moderation is safest: our very senses are deceptive."

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a sharp intention."

"Even the gods struggle against stupidity; they give it up."

"The ungrateful rejects the gift, but the gift does not lose its virtue."

"What we call pitilessness in women is often the honesty of nature."

"A fair face without grace is like a hook without bait."

"Death is the one appointment we cannot miss."

"We are only the custodians of our own creativity and capacity for growth."

"Beware the fury of a patient man."

"Every lover is a warrior, and Cupid has his campaigns."

"The road must be trodden, though it leads through hard places."

"No one becomes a fool unless he ceases to learn."

"Mountains crumble to dust, rivers cease to flow, and the mightiest fall, but love endures."

"Peace is the work of justice."