Cato the Elder
Roman statesman, often called "The Censor," Sapiens, Priscus, or Major, to distinguish him from Cato the Younger.
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.
In my life, I have never repented but of three things: that I trust a woman with a secret, that I went by sea when I might have gone by land, and that I passed a day with idleness.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
'Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Rem tene, verba sequentur.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
Do not expect good from another's death.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Fronte capillata, post est Occasio calva.