Horace

Fierce eagles do not produce timorous doves.

Tear thyself from delay.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Gold will be slave or master.

Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

I always feel excited when I can do something that’s about what I believe in.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

Blame is safer than praise.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

The public must and will be served.

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.

When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before.

The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.

There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.

Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.