Juvenal - Satires

Who will guard the guards themselves?
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
Juvenal
One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
Juvenal
Be gentle with the young.
Juvenal
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.

Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.
Juvenal
A healthy mind in a healthy body.
Juvenal
Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!

You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
Juvenal
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
Juvenal
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
(Nemo Malus Felix)
Juvenal
Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.
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Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

- Juvenal - Satires