Money nowadays is money; money brings office; money gains friends; everywhere the poor man is down. [Lat., In pretio pretium nunc est;… — Ovid Copy Share Image
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety. — Ovid Copy Share Image
See that you promise: what harm is there in promise? In promises anyone can be rich. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low. — Ovid Copy Share Image
The earth yields up her stores, of every ill The instigators; iron, foe to man, And gold, than iron deadlier. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“Let your mistress’s birthday be one of great terror to you: that’s a black day when anything has to be given. However… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. — Ovid Copy Share Image
A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.] — Ovid Copy Share Image
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. — Ovid Copy Share Image
I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love. — Ovid Copy Share Image
The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies. — Ovid Copy Share Image