| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Timeo hominem unius libri | I fear a man of one book. |
| Tu ne cede malis sed contra audacius ito | Yield not to misfortunes but go all the more boldly against them. |
| Verba volant; scripta manent | Spoken words fly away; written, though, they last. |
| Vincit qui se vincit | He conquers who conquers himself. |
| Omnia mutantur; omnia fluuntur; quod fuimus aut sumus, cras non erimus | Everything changes; everything is in flux; what we were, or what we are, tomorrow we will not be. |
| Dum vita est, spes est | Where there is life, there is hope. |
| Aequum animum in rebus difficilibus serva | Keep a level head in hard times. |
| Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium | Diligence is a very great help even for an average intelligence. |
| Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus | Light is the burden, which is well borne. |
| Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare | He who wants to give little ought not to ask for much. |
| Damnant quod non intellegunt | They condemn what they do not understand. |
| Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit | He who fears every ambush falls into none. |
| Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant | All obey cheerfully when worthy men rule. |
| Actum ne agas | You should not do something done. |
| Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo | A drop hollows out the stone, not by force, but by falling often. |
| Intellegenti pauca | Only a few words suffice for a person understanding. |
| Melius frangi quam flecti | Better to be broken than to be bent. |
| Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet | No one is more deaf than he who will not listen. |
| Multum, non multa | Much, not many. |
| Labor omnia vincit | Toil conquers all. |
| Omnia amor vincit | Love conquers all. |
| Turbam vita; Cum illis vive qui te meliorem facere possunt; illos admitte quos tu potes facere meliores | Avoid the crowd. Live with those who can make you better; allow to yourself those whom you can make better. |
| Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur | A true friend is seeing in an uncertain situation. |
| Qui timens vivet liber non erit umquam | He who lives in fear will never be free. |
| Adulescens sperat de diu victurum esse; senex potest dicere se diu vixisse | The young man hopes that he will live for a long time; the old man is able to say that he has lived for a long time. |
| Arma togae cedant | Arms should yield to the toga. |
| Corpus enim multis rebus eget ut valeat; Animus se ipse alit | For the body needs many things to be strong; The mind itself nourishes itself. |
| Curemus ne poena maior sit quam culpa; Prohibenda autem maxime est ira in puniendo | Let us take care that the punishment be not greater than the crime; Anger must especially be prohibited in the punishing. |
| Fama vires aequirit eundo | Rumor gains strength as it travels. |
| Me saevis catendis onerat | He burdens me with savage chains. |
| Secundus nulli | Second to none. |
| Calamitas virtutis occasio | Disaster is an opportunity for virtue. |
| Is non male cadit qui validior casu surgit | He falls not badly who rises stronger from the fall. |
| Res age et tute eris | Do things and you will be safe. |
| Semel insani vimus omnes | We all have been insane once. |
| Spectatum veniunt; veniunt spectentur ut ipsae | They come to watch; they come so that they themselves may be watched. |
| Qui dedit benefactum taceat; narret qui accepit | Let him who gave the kindness be silent; let him who received it tell of it. |
| Trahimur omnes laudis studio | We are all drawn by the enthusiasm for praise. |
| Cave quod dicis, quando, cui | Beware what you say, when, and to whom. |
| Libenter feras quod necesse; dolor patientia vincitur | You should endure willingly that which is necessary; because grief is overcome by enduring. |
| Vox, et praeterea nihil | A voice, and nothing else. |
| Vultus est index animi | The face is the indicator of a soul. |
| Facta non verba | Deeds, not words. |
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