A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Quote by Horace

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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...

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...