Quotes from Horace

He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

Whatever you want to teach, be brief.

When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

Leave the rest to the gods.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

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

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

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

Poets wish to profit or to please.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Don't think, just do.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.

Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

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

A word once uttered can never be recalled.