Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul,
and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
– Horace
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
– Horace
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
– Horace
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life,
can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
– Horace
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
– Horace
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
– Horace
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A
contented mind confers it on all.
– Horace
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise – begin!
– Horace
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.
– Horace
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
– Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have
lain dormant.
– Horace
Never despair.
– Horace
Carpe diem!
– Horace
If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether
he is capable of any feeling at all.
– Horace
Whatever advice you give, be brief.
– Horace
Without love and laughter there is no joy – live amid love and laughter.
– Horace
As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.
– Horace
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
– Horace
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at the right moment.
– Horace
Anger is a brief madness.
– Horace
Happy the man, and he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
– Horace
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
– Horace
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
– Horace
He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out
before he crosses.
– Horace
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.
– Horace
It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.
– Horace
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
– Horace
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
– Horace
He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.
– Horace
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
– Horace
Do you count your years with gratitude?
– Horace
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.
– Horace
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader
at the same time.
– Horace
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
– Horace
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
– Horace
It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.
– Horace
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will
come as a welcome surprise.
– Horace
Faults are soon copied.
– Horace
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with
wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse
than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.
– Horace
I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in
for shelter.
– Horace
A picture is a poem without words.
– Horace
In love there are two evils: war and peace.
– Horace