Quotes from Horace

He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

A man polished to the nail. [Lat., Ad unguem factus home.]

The man is either crazy or he is a poet.

Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish.

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]

Money amassed either serves us or rules us.

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion tips Your tongue, and Venus settles on your lips.

Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

Music is an incitement to love.

If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. You can drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will nevertheless come back.

What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?