Every old poem is sacred.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money?
How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow. [Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Lat.]
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections.
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
Why do you treat me as they do, as though I were exactly what I want to be. Why do we treat people that way?
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.
