| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sine qua non. | Without which nothing. (an essential element) |
| Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi. | If you want me to weep, you must first feel the pain yourself. |
| Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. | Gentle in manner, resolute in deed. (Be resolute, but gentle.) |
| Sub rosa. | Under the rose. (Secretly) (Roses on dining room ceiling |
| Timeo hominem unius libri. | I fear a man of one book. (Don't allow opinion to be changed by others.) |
| Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentorito. | Yield not to misfortunates but go all the more boldly against them. |
| Verba volant; scripta manent. | The spoken word flies away; written though it lasts. (Write it down, especially with money) |
| Vincit qui se vincit. | He conquers who conquers himself. (Self-discipline) |
| Vox et praeterea nihil. | A voice and nothing else. (all talk) |
| Vultus est index animi. | The face is the indicator of the soul. |
| Facta, non verba. | Deeds, not works. |
| 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 where worthy people rule. |
| Actum ne agas. | Once done, best left alone. (You should not do something done) |
| Omnia amor vincit. | Love conquers all. |
| Labor omnia vincit. | Hard work conquers all. |
| Turbam vita. Cum his vive qui te meliorem facere possunt; admitte illos quos tu potes facere meliores. | Avoid the crowd. Live with those who can make you better; allow in those whom you can make better. |
| Omnia mutantur; omnia fluunt; quod fuimus aut sumus, cras non erimus. | All things change; everything is in flux; what we were or what we are, tomorrow we will not be. |
| Dum vita est, spes est. | While there is life, ther eis hope. |
| Aequum animum in rebus difficilibus serva. | Keep a level head in difficult times. |
| Qui timens vivit ciber non erit umquam. | He who lives in fear will never be free. |
| Adulescnes sperat se diu victurum esse; senex potest dicere se diu vixisse. | The young man hopes he will live for a long time; the old man can say he has lived for a long time. |
| Is non male cadit qui validior casu surgit. | He falls not badly who rises from the fall stronger. |
| Res age, tute, eris. | Do things, you will be safe. |
| Semel insanivimus omnes. | We have all at one time been insane. |
| Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae. | They come to watch, and they want to be watched themselves. |
| Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit. | Let him who did 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. |
| Libenter feras quod necesse est; dolor patientia vincitur. | You should gladly endure what is necessary; grief is overcome by enduring. |
| Cave quid dicas, quando, cui. | Beware what you say, when to whom. |
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