Quotes from Horace

Live mindful of how brief your life is.

Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine; he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

No one is content with his own lot.

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

The man is either mad or he is making verses.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

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

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum?

The changing year's progressive plan Proclaims mortality to man.

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived, and those that are at present respectable, will drop out, if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech.

In love there are two evils: war and peace.

Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]

Happy and thrice happy are those who enjoy an uninterrupted union, and whose love, unbroken by any sour complaints, shall not dissolve until the last day of their existence.

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

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.