1. Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore – Cicero

“I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.”

2. Vestis virum reddit – Quintilianus

“The clothes make the man.”

3. Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem – Horace

“Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.”

4. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur – Unknown

“That man is wise who talks little.”

5. Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora – Unknown

“Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow” or “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.”

6. Vires acquirit eundo – Virgil

“It gains strength by going (or as it goes).”

7. Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur – Unknown

“Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.”

8. Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia – Cicero

“Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.”

9. Alea iacta est – Caesar

“The dice has been cast.”

10. Vitanda est improba siren desidia – Horace

“One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.”

11. Disiecti membra poetae – Horace

“Limbs of a dismembered poet.”

12. Semper inops quicumque cupit – Claudian

“Whoever desires is always poor.”

13. A fronte praceipitium a tergo lupi – Unknown

“A precipice in front, wolves behind” or “Between a rock and a hard place.”

14. Semper idem – Cicero

“Always the same thing.”

15. Dulce bellum inexpertis – Pindaros

“War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.”

16. . Serva me, servabo te – Petronius Arbiter

“Save me and I will save you.”

17. Dum excusare credis, accusas – St. Jerome

“When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.”

18. Si vis pacem, para bellum – Vegetius

“If you want peace, prepare for the war.”

19. Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem – Seneca

“As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.”

20. Si vis amari, ama – Seneca

“If you wish to be loved, love.”

21. Dum viviumus, vivamus” – Epicurean Philosophy

“When we live, let us live.”

22. Etiam capillus unus habet umbram – Publilius Syrus

“Even one hair has a shadow.”

23. Timendi causa est nescire – Seneca

“Ignorance is the cause of fear.”

24. Extinctus ambitur idem – Horace

“The same (hated) man will be loved after he’s dead. How quickly we forget.”

25. Transit umbra, lux permanet – Unknown

“Shadow passes, light remains.”

26. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus – highly disputed phrase of the Roman Catholic theology

“Outside the Church, (there is) no salvation.”

27. Ubi concordia, ibi victoria – Publius Syrus

“Where there is unity, there is the victory.”

28. Fabas indulcet fames – Unknown

“Hunger sweetens the beans” or “Hunger makes everything taste good.”

29. Una hirundo non facit ver – Horace

“One Sallow does not make Summer.”

30. Faber est suae quisque fortunae – Appius Claudius Caecus

“Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.”

31. Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas – Ovid

“Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.”

32. Fluctuat nec mergitur – Unknown

“It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink.”

33. Tantum religio potuit saudere malorum – Lucretius

“So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.”

34. Materiam superabat opus – Ovid

“The workmanship was better than the subject matter.”

35. Malum consilium quod mutari non potest – Publilius Syrus

“It’s a bad plan that can’t be changed.”

36. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur – Virgil

“For those in misery, perhaps better things will follow.”

37. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono – Pliny The Elder

“There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.”

38. Forest fortuna adiuvat – Terence

“Fortune favors the brave.”

39. Manus manum lavat – Petronius

“The favor for the favor” or “One hand washes the other.”

40. Gladiator in arena consilium capit – Seneca

“The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena” or essentially “Too late.”