Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow! Latin: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero! – Horace
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. Latin: Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes; contraque beata sors omnis est aequanimitate tolerantis. – Boethius The Consolation of Philosophy
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home. Latin: Erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus. – Boethius The Consolation of Philosophy
If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. Latin: Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. – Boethius Attributed
In Quote Pictures Fortes fortuna iuvat. Fortune favors the brave. – Pliny the Elder Attributed by Pliny the Younger to his uncle during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The Elder took his fleet to investigate in the hope of helping a friend and lost his life.
Absentes tinnitu aurium præsentire sermones de se receptum est. It is generally admitted that the absent are warned by a ringing in the ears, when they are being talked about. – Pliny the Elder Natural History, Book XXVIII, Chapter 5.
Volgoque veritas iam attributa vino est. It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. – Pliny the Elder Natural History, Book XIV, Chapter 28.
Nullum esse librum tam malum, ut non in aliqua parte prodesset. There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it. – Pliny the Elder
Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono. There is no evil without something good. – Pliny the Elder Natural History, Book XXVII, Chapter 2.
Haec est Italia diis sacra. This is Italy, land sacred to the Gods. – Pliny the Elder Natural History, Book III, Chapter 24.
Bruta fulmina et vana. Thunderbolts that strike blindly and in vain. – Pliny the Elder Natural History, Book II, Chapter 43.
Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur. Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. – Pliny the Younger Letters of Pliny, Book III, Letter 20.
No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year. Latin: Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere. – Marcus Tullius Cicero On Old Age, On Friendship & On Divination.
