" The nature of men is always the same; it is their habits that separate them"
Cicero - 54 BC
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others"
Horace - about 10 BC
"Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is burning.
Athenodorous Cananites - 1st century BC
"When you are angry say nothing and do nothing until you have recited the alphabet"
Homer - The Odyssey
"It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave"
Pluto
"Knowledge is the food of the sole"