Carpe diem.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Ο κόσμος σκηνή, ο βίος πάροδος. Ήλθες, είδες, απήλθες.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Romeo & Juliet

Serius est quam cogitas.

—  Sundial motto

—  Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

Multum, non multa.

—  Latin proverb

     (meaning: take much care but not of many things; [replace “take care” with “earn” or whatever])

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

Τους δε νόμους τοις αραχνίοις ομοίους· και γαρ εκείνα, εάν μεν εμπέση τι κούφον και ασθενές, στέγειν· εάν δε μείζον, διακόψαν οίχεσθαι.

—  Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Αιέν αριστεύειν.

—  Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad VI

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

     (song title from the album “Sheik Yerbouti”, 1977)

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

—  Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016]

—  Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

—  Finn Taylor, 1958-, American film director

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

Ότι χρήσις κρατύνει, αργίη δε τήκει.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

—  Anonymous

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

—  Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ The Tempest

—  Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

—  Slogan of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2014)

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

—  Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

—  Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Ithaka

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

—  Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

—  Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer