Quotes by Horace

“Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.”

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

“Be modest in speech, but excel in action.”

“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.”

“Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.”

“Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.”

“No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.”

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

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

“Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.”

“Mistakes are their own instructors”

“He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.”