“I will perform the function of a whetstone, which is about to restore sharpness to iron, though itself unable to cut. [Lat., Fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsi secandi.]” ActionCuttingFunctionVicesIronSharpnessValet Author:Horace
“Physicians attend to the business of physicians, and workmen handle the tools of workmen. [Lat., Quod medicorum est Promittunt medici, tractant fabrilia fabri.]” BusinessToolsHandlePhysiciansWorkmen Author:Horace
“Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.” CharacterLastsConsistent Author:Horace
“Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]” LittlesCharacterExcellenceBuriedConcealedWorthlessness Author:Horace
“And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]” CircumstancesEndeavour Author:Horace
“The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.]” MenHeavenDenyNakedContentmentCamps Author:Horace
“Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]” PersonsCuriosityTalkersInquisitive Author:Horace
“Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]” MenEnoughHoursDanger Author:Horace
“Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. [Lat., Truditur dies die, Novaeque pergunt interire lunae.]” DiesMoonNew Moon Author:Horace
