It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
Horace

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
Horace

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Horace

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

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
Horace

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
Horace

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
Horace

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
Horace

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
Horace

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Horace

Labor diligently to increase your property.
Horace

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Horace

Leave the rest to the gods.
Horace

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

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Horace

Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Horace

Make a good use of the present.
Horace

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Horace

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

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
Horace