Horace

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient. 

Horace 

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

Horace 

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. 

Horace

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. 

Horace 

A picture is a poem without words. 

Horace 

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. 

Horace

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. 

Horace

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong. 

Horace 

A word once uttered can never be recalled. 

Horace 

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. 

Horace