Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.
There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not asked to sing they never stop.
Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
Don't waste the opportunity.
Words challenge eternity.
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Leave the rest to the gods.
Faults are soon copied.
Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
Envy is not to be conquered but by death.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
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