Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Carpe diem. (Seize The Day)
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.
Even as we speak, time speeds swiftly away.
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Make a good use of the present.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
