A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Advice Quotes

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

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

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

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.