It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
Don’t think, just do.
He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.
We are but dust and shadow.
Carpe diem. (Seize The Day)
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
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.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
I shall not wholly die and a great part of me will escape the grave.
Mingle a dash of folly with your wisdom.
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
Whatever advice you give, be short.
A picture is a poem without words.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
In love there are two evils: war and peace.
Now is the time to drink!
Then come at once and pause for breath In chasing wealth. Remembering death And death’s dark fires, mix, while you may, Method and madness, work and play. Folly is sweet, well-timed.
You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
He who has begun is half done: dare to know!
Labor diligently to increase your property.
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she’ll be constantly running back.
Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror.
He who is greedy is always in want
Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the lazy the busy and industrious.
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were.
