Ovid

Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]

— Ovid

The earth yields up her stores, of every ill The instigators; iron, foe to man, And gold, than iron deadlier.

— Ovid

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

— Ovid

The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man…

— Ovid

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.

— Ovid

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

— Ovid

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we…

— Ovid

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.

— Ovid

The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

— Ovid

Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth…

— Ovid

Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

— Ovid