Horace

Anger is short madness

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.

You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.

There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me-I always feel that they have not said enough.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Nothing makes a man so selfish as work.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one’s world.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

It is better to walk alone, then with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.