Quotes by Roman authors

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind"

"No man was ever wise by chance"

"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory"

"Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end"

"I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me"

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly"

"They can because they think they can"

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end"

"Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness"

"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend"

"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one"

"Even though work stops, expenses run on"

"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes"

"While we teach, we learn"

"Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures"

"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing"

"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life"

"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones"

"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life"

"Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system"

"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body"

"There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother"

"A contented mind is the best source for trouble"

"Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability"

"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within"

"Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers"

"No blessing lasts forever"

"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice"

"Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses"

"We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue"