Horace

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.