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Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)

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It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand.
[Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]

It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand.
[Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]

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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
[Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]

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The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

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As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.
[Lat., Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas.]

As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.
[Lat., Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas.]

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