It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
Don’t think, just do.
He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.
We are but dust and shadow.
Carpe diem. (Seize The Day)
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant’s threatening countenance.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.
A picture is a poem without words.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she’ll be constantly running back.
Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror.
He who is greedy is always in want
Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the lazy the busy and industrious.
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were.
Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she’ll come right back.
I teach that all men are mad.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
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.
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies In wisdom :therefore study to be wise.
They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.
You may thresh a hundred thousand bushels of grain, But more than mine your belly will not contain.
Captive Greece took captive her savage conquerer and brought the arts to rustic Latium.
He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Leave the rest to the gods.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Either stick to tradition or see that your inventions be consistent.
If a man’s fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
