Ovid

"The secret of wisdom is knowing that nothing is really secret."

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

"Nature abhors a vacuum, but life abhors stagnation even more."

"The reward for service is not in the gift but in the act itself."

"To rule oneself is greater than to rule an empire."

"The fleeting moments are the substance of our lives."

"A kind word costs nothing but may purchase everything."

"Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven."

"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."

"The victor must take up the burden of the vanquished."

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, for time will make no stay."

"Fear is the beginning of wisdom, but also the ruin of it."

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."

"We are born with two ears and one mouth, perhaps we should use them in that proportion."

"The art of being is the art of living well with oneself."

"Hatred is a burden that weighs down the one who carries it."

"The greatest conqueror is not he who takes the most territory but he who masters himself."

"Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week."

"In the presence of eternity, my trivial concerns seem laughable."

"The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the word is mightier than both."

"A single spark of honesty can outshine the brightest deception."

"The highest wisdom lies in recognizing what we do not know."

"Human nature is constant; only custom changes."

"In every man there is something of every man."

"The spirit of a man is a lamp of the Lord."

"Nothing is given to mortals without great labor."

"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

"To live well is to understand the nature of change."