Horace

What's well begun, is half done.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

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

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

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

Make a good use of the present.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

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

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.