At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

- Ovid

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

- Ovid

Every lover is a soldier.

- Ovid

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

- Ovid

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

- Ovid

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

- Ovid

Habits change into character.

- Ovid

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

- Ovid

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

- Ovid

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

- Ovid

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

- Ovid

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

- Ovid

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

- Ovid

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

- Ovid

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

- Ovid

Art lies by its own artifice.

- Ovid

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

- Ovid

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.

- Ovid

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

- Ovid

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

- Ovid