Horace on Adversity
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Horace on Work
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Horace on Wisdom
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
Horace on Poetry
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.
Horace on Money
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.
Horace on Death
Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.