Pliny the Elder

There is always something new out of Africa.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Home is where the heart is.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.

Truth comes out in wine.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.