Horace

Life gives nothing to man without labor.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

Gold will be slave or master.

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

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

A picture is a poem without words.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.