Horace

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

— Horace

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

— Horace

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

— Horace

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

— Horace

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

— Horace

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

— Horace

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

— Horace

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

— Horace

Labor diligently to increase your property.

— Horace

You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.

— Horace

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

— Horace

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

— Horace

One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.

— Horace

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

— Horace

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years.

— Horace

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

— Horace

The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would convey, be brief, that your hearers may catch quickly what is said and faithfully retain it. Every superfluous word is spilled from the too-full memory.

— Horace

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

— Horace

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero

— Horace

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero

— Horace