Horace

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.

For death is no more than turning us over from time to eternity.

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.

It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.

You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself into one.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

To delay justice, is injustice.

Originality is a device that untalented people use to impress other untalented people to protect themselves from talented people…

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich, something for nothing.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

Bravery is more important than perfection.- Kanye West

The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.