If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Quote by Horace

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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...

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...

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

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

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

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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...

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

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

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

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

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

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.