Horace

I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

One night awaits all, and death’s path must be trodden once and for all.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child’s rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man’s whore.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent – for every effect a perfect cause – and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

Revolutions are always verbose.

If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

It is proved…that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.

At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity–to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with? When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.