Horace

In the word of no master am I bound to believe.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

Those that are little, little things suit.

A picture is a poem without words.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

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

Is not every man sometimes a radical in politics? Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick, or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused; when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.

Patience – the gift of being able to see past the emotion.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.

The world is its own magic.

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

The rain comes and what bends will rise. It is a purposeful journey.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.