He conquers who conquers himself.

—  Latin phrase

The face is the index of the soul.

—  Latin proverb

Mind moves matter.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

The name is an omen.

—  Latin proverb

Remember to live.

—  Sundial motto

While we live, let us live!

—  Latin phrase

He lives twice who lives well.

—  Latin phrase

There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

We are all sprung from a heavenly seed.

—  Lucretius, 98-55 BC, Roman poet

Nothing more silly than a silly laugh.

—  Catullus, 84-54 BC, Roman poet

Money does not stink.

—  Vespasian, 9-79 AD, Roman Emperor

A healthy mind in a healthy body.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

In matters of taste, there can be no disputes.

—  Latin phrase

A healthy mind in a healthy body.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

Heart talks to heart.

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

Nothing is stronger than habit.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

Fortune favors the bold.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Fortune is like glass: the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

Fate will find a way.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Leave all else to the gods.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Everything unknown seems magnificent.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

The gods thought otherwise.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Never despair.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Let them hate, as long as they fear.

—  Caligula, 12-41 AD, Roman Emperor

(originally a verse by the poet Accius)

The cause of fear is ignorance.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

Hannibal at the gates.

—  Latin phrase

(Roman alert when Hannibal was approaching to Rome, around 217 BC)

Let them hate, as long as they fear.

—  Caligula, 12-41 AD, Roman Emperor

(originally a verse by the poet Accius)

They can because they think they can.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Ready-Willing-Potent

—  Latin phrase

We can’t all of us do everything.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Fortune is the companion of virtue.

—  motto of the Duke of Wellington

Maximum ingenuity, raw technique.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

(referring to poet Ennius)

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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

I shall either find a way or make one.

—  Hannibal, 247-183 BC, Carthaginian military commander

(crossing the Alps with his army around 212 BC)

Faster, Higher, Stronger

—  Motto of the Olympic Games

(initially, a motto of Pierre de Coubertin’s school)

We gather strength as we go.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

It is certain because it is impossible.

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

If the winds fail you, use the oars.

—  Latin phrase

They can because they think they can.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Let us die, and let us rush into the middle of the battle.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Fortune favors the bold.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Dare to know.

—  Latin phrase

Remember always to dare.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

Always remember to be bold.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

To the pure, all things are pure.

—  Latin proverb

We are not born for ourselves alone.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Totally yours.

—  Apostolic motto of Pope John Paul II

First, do no harm.

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

(the origin is uncertain; Hippocrates’ works do not include this precise phrase)

Not to us Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give the glory.

—  motto of the Knights Templar deriving from Psalm 113:9

He who gives quickly, gives double.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

When in doubt, abstain.

—  Latin phrase

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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

To what length will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

(in the first of his four Catiline Orations)

Better late than never.

—  Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

Yield not to misfortunes.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

I am human: Nothing human is alien to me.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

Nothing but the best is good enough.

—  motto of the Air Training Corps and of various schools

Who is allowed to make mistakes, makes fewer mistakes.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

The man who sleeps does not sin.

—  Latin proverb

Vice thrives and lives by concealment.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

If I have led a pure life…

—  Catullus, 84-54 BC, Roman poet

No one is without fault.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

Nothing is blessed in every part.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Everything unknown seems magnificent.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

I came, I saw, I won.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

(message to the Senate after his victory over Pharnaces of Pontus in 47 BC)

What fools these mortals be!

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

Fortune to many gives too much, enough to none.

—  Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams

Poverty is the lack of many things, avarice is the lack of all things.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

Always the same.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

What nourishes me, destroys me.

—  Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593, English playwright

(meaning: that which drives a person can consume him from within)

To the pure, all things are pure.

—  Latin proverb

No bad man is happy.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

Behold the man.

—  Gospel of John

(words of Pontius Pilate presenting Christ crowned with thorns [from the Vulgate 19:5])

Man is wolf to man.

—  Latin proverb

Carthage must be destroyed!

—  Cato the Elder, 234-149 BC, Roman statesman & writer

(Cato used the phrase as the conclusion to all his speeches)

Take nobody's word for it.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Do no trust the appearance.

—  Latin phrase

I add a grain of salt.

—  Pliny the Elder, 23-79 μ.X., Roman natural philosopher

I believe because it is absurd.

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

It does not please.

—  Latin phrase

Let us be judged by our acts.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

The end crowns the work.

—  Latin phrase

(i.e. a work can be judged only after it is finished or how is finished)

Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

Doubt everything.

—  René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher

(Karl Marx’s favorite motto and, also, title of a book by Søren Kierkegaard )

When in doubt, abstain.

—  Latin phrase

The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.

—  Gaius Petronius, 1st cent. AD, Roman writer

Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when.

—  Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician

Rage supplies arms.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet