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1 " Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men. "
― Marcus Porcius Cato
2 " After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. "
3 " He who hesitates is lost. "
4 " Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters. "
5 " Carthago delenda est "
6 " Siquid desit in annum, uti paretur: quae supersint, ut veneant: quae opus sint locato, locentur: quae opera fieri velit et quae locari velit, uti imperet et ea scripta relinquat... Patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet.Give orders that whatever may be lacking for the current year be supplied; that what is superfluous be sold; that whatever work should be let out be let... The master should have the selling habit, not the buying habit. "
7 " The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts. "
8 " After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. "
9 " We cannot control the evil tongues of others,; but a good life enables us to disregard them. "
10 " Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury. "
11 " Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity. "
12 " It is a hard matter to save a city in which a fish sells for more than an ox. "
13 " Grasp the subject; the words will follow. "
14 " A clever learns more from fool than fools learn from the wise. "
15 " Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. [Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.] "
― Marcus Porcius Cato , Cato and Varro: On Agriculture
16 " Niemals ist man tätiger, als wenn man dem äußeren Anschein nach nichts tut, niemals ist man weniger allein, als wenn man in der Einsamkeit mit sich allein ist. "
17 " Delenda Carthago est. "
18 " Siquid desit in annum, uti paretur: quae supersint, ut veneant: quae opus sint locato, locentur: quae opera fieri velit et quae locari velit, uti imperet et ea scripta relinquat... Patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet. "
