“We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws. [Lat., Tendimus huc omnes; metam properamus ad unam. Omnia sub leges mors vocat atra suas.]” LawDeathGoalBlackCommonAll ThingsBoundsAdsCommon GoalBlack Death Author:Ovid
“Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest. [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae nisi mortis imago? Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.]” GivingDeathSleepFateFoolEternal Author:Ovid
“Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]” MenShouldLooksLastsDeathDiesFuneralLast DayNemoUltima Author:Ovid
“Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death. [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.]” PainDeathLays Author:Ovid
“I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]” DifficultDifficultyExcellenceDifficult Work Author:Ovid
“The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]” MindFameSpurs Author:Ovid
“A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.” FallGreaterBrokenWeightFortuneColumns Author:Ovid
“The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. [Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.]” SafeFortuneNo FearWretchedFortuna Author:Ovid
“Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]” MenShouldFortuneEvery Man Author:Ovid
“The rest of the crowd were friends of my fortune, not of me. [Lat., Caetera fortunae, non mea, turba fuit.]” FriendsFortuneCrowds Author:Ovid