“Enjoy the present smiling hour, And put it out of Fortune's power.”

— Horace, Odes, Book III, ode xxix, line 32 (transl. John Dryden)

About Horace

65 BC – 8 BC

Roman lyric poet, author of the "Odes" and "Satires".

“Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.”

“It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.”

“Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.”

“Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.”

“The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement!”

“Let none falter, who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.”

“Some virtues are only seen in affliction and some in prosperity.”