Ovid

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

— Ovid

Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.

— Ovid

There is no small pleasure in pure water.

— Ovid

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

— Ovid

Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.

— Ovid

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

— Ovid

Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

— Ovid

When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.

— Ovid

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

— Ovid

Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.

— Ovid

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.

— Ovid

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.

— Ovid

Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

— Ovid

In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

— Ovid

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse…

— Ovid

The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]

— Ovid

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

— Ovid

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

— Ovid

Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.

— Ovid

Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.

— Ovid

You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.

— Ovid

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

— Ovid

Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

— Ovid

There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.

— Ovid

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.

— Ovid

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

— Ovid

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

— Ovid

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

— Ovid

When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.

— Ovid

Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.

— Ovid

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

— Ovid

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

— Ovid

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light

— Ovid

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

— Ovid

Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.]

— Ovid

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

— Ovid

It is the act of a coward to wish for death.

— Ovid

“Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.”

— Ovid

Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use.

— Ovid

The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]

— Ovid