Ovid

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

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Nothing is stronger than habit.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“All things change; nothing perishes.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

“Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.”

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim."

("Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.")

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

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

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"He lives well who lives retired, and keeps

His wants within the limits of his means."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Misfortunes often sharpen the genius."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Difficulty is what wakes up the genius."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest."

("My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.")

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"What is without periods of rest will not endure."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"The result proves the wisdom of the act."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)

"A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward."

— Ovid (43BC - 17AD)