Horace

Anger is a brief lunacy.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

What is once well done is done forever.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. He is the world’s eye.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

When you’ve told someone that you’ve left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

The way to be immortal (I mean not to die at all) is to have me for your heir. I recommend you to put me in your will and you will see that (as long as I live at least) you will never even catch cold.

Your path will unfold as you walk it, step by step, each one a choice. Be mindful of where you put your feet; sometimes you will step on something sharp. This is a lesson; pay attention. Sometimes you will walk on soft green grass and you will stop and stay awhile. Enjoy those moments. Keep your eyes and heart on your destination and discover your way, one step at a time.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.