Horace

I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.

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

O imitators, you slavish herd!

Life gives nothing to man without labor.

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

The way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

You don’t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good;be good for something.All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story. Let nothing come between you and the light. Respect men and brothers only. When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,

Cities give us collision. ‘Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

We bust build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.