Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants. Horace, Odes Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC) Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Horace, Satires Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC) We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Horace, Satires Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC) There is measure in all things. Horace, Satires Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC) Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert. Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) Fortune favors the brave. Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) Each of us bears his own Hell. Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. Jonathan Swift Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 - 1745) Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly. Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts. Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC) |