Pliny the Elder

"No one can live happily who looks only to himself."

"Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting on the wall."

"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets."

"The cruelest remedy is the best."

"All art is but imitation of nature."

"Time flies never to return."

"The greatest man of ancient times was Plato."

"Animals alone are given the privilege of utter innocence."

"Man is the measure of all things."

"From the body we derive our want of courage, and from the same source, through our hunger for wealth, come our wars and quarrels."

"Silence is the greatest power of all."

"The world is a great theatre on which God is the sole actor."

"What is deferred is not abandoned."

"The love of money grows as the money itself grows."

"He who denies nothing, doubts everything."

"All nature strives toward perfection."

"Humanity's greatest achievements have always been those built upon knowledge."

"The works of man are imperfect in comparison with those of nature."

"Fortune blinds those whom she favors too much."

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

"Great things are done by dedication to detail."

"To keep oneself in health is a duty."

"The human race is faced with a cruel choice: give up freedom or give up equality."

"The most valuable things in life have no monetary worth."

"Courage is a muscle we develop by using it."

"Nature abhors a vacuum."

"Death is the one appointment we must keep."

"True liberty is only found in the service of others."

"The mind of man is more intuitive than logical."

"Gardens are mortal places, but ideas are eternal."