Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Horace

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
Horace

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
Horace

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Horace

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
Horace

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
Horace

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Horace

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
Horace

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
Horace