Horace

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow. [Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Lat.]

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

They say that history repeats itself, so if you don’t learn from the past you will make the same mistakes. So I have become an archaeologist of my own history. Digging up what has long since been buried, exhuming those forgotten fragments. Trying to distinguish what is real from folklore, trying to gain understanding, rather than relying on myths.

If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use the pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time; a tremendous whack.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother’s milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?

My favorite nightcap, after all this time, is still the cocktail of you.

Right is right even if everyone is against it and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.

Best friends that pick wedgies together stay besties for life!