Horace

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

For every why he had a wherefore.

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, Corn-Pone stands for Self-Approval. Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is Conformity.

My life is a struggle.

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Your fingers caress my heart strings, shaping a silent sonnet in notes of love. Transcending space and time, bathing the ether in perfect harmony.

Half a man’s wisdom goes with his courage.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.