Pliny the Elder

"Faith is the foundation upon which all else is built."

"The greatest teacher is experience itself."

"In unity there is strength."

"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of purpose."

"The best method of defending oneself is to attack one's enemies."

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves."

"Knowledge is the most powerful weapon against ignorance."

"Nature does nothing uselessly."

"The human mind is a vast and wonderful thing, capable of endless discovery."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all true knowledge."

"The greatest wealth is a healthy body and a peaceful mind."

"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

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

"The greatest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

"What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight."

"Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another."

"The search for truth is more precious than its possession."

"Education is the most powerful tool for changing the world."

"Money is the root of all evil, yet it is also the foundation of civilization."

"Death is not an evil; it is the end of evil."

"Every moment we live is different from the previous moment; we are continually dying."

"The path to wisdom lies through experience and suffering."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"Art imitates life, and life imitates art."

"The mind is everything; what we think, we become."

"Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper."

"In unity there is strength; in division there is weakness."