01/01/year Verbum laudatur, si factum tale sequatur. The word is praised, if a like deed should follow it.
01/02/year Ex gutta mellis generantur flumina fellis. From a drop of honey arise great floods of bile.
01/03/year Qui pingit florem, non pingit floris odorem. He who paints a flower does not paint the flower's scent.
01/04/year Ut pax servetur, legis moderamen habetur. In order to keep the peace, we keep hold of the rudder of the law.
01/05/year Cattus de caseo tarde depellitur eso. It is too late to drive the cat away from the cheese once it's already been eaten.
01/06/year Stat scelus occultum, sed non remanebit inultum. A crime can be hidden, but it will not remain unavenged.
01/07/year Vivat in aeternum, qui dat mihi dulce Falernum! Let the man live forever who gives me sweet Falernian wine.
01/08/year Nascimur in maerore, vivimus in labore, morimus in dolore. We are born crying, we live laboring, we die grieving.
01/09/year Non domus est pacis, ubi regnat lingua loquacis. The house where the tongue of a talkative person rules is not a house of peace.
01/10/year Audit carnificem nolens audire parentem. He who does not wish to listen to his parent, listens to the hangman.
01/11/year Nocte laboratum non est opus undique gratum. When a work is done by night, it is not pleasing in any way.
01/12/year Est sanum plane de lecto surgere mane. It's clearly good for your health to get out of bed early in the morning.
01/13/year Nescit regnare, qui nescit dissimulare. He who does not know how to conceal does not know how to be king.
01/14/year Est iam potata, sed erat cerevisia grata. The beer has now been drunk, but it was very nice indeed.
01/15/year Non omnis pugnat, minitans qui fortia clamat. Not every man who makes bold threats is going to fight.
01/16/year Omne bonum quod habes, contaminat unica labes. A single blot can ruin every good thing you have.
01/17/year Hunc fidum dico, bene qui succurrit amico. If a man rightly comes to the aid of a friend, I deem that man faithful.
01/18/year Est verum verbum: frangit Deus omne superbum. Here is a true saying: God shatters everything that is proud.
01/19/year Nullus praeteritas revocabit temporis horas. No one will be able to bring back hours of time that have passed by.
01/20/year O mihi praeteritos referat si Iuppiter annos! Oh, if only Jupiter could bring back to me the years that have gone by.
01/21/year Fumus sumus, fimus fimus. We are smoke; we become dung.
01/22/year Impositis galeis tractantur foedera pacis. After putting on helmets, it's time to discuss peace treaties.
01/23/year Laeta seges parvis ubertim crescit in arvis. Happy is the crop that grows abundantly in little fields.
01/24/year Dilige virtutem, si vis retinere salutem. Cherish virtue, if you want to keep your health.
01/25/year Qui nunquam dubitat, se studuisse negat. Someone who never has doubts confesses he has never studied.
01/26/year Qui bona consuescit, semper cum laude senescit. He who has good habits always wins praise as he grows old.
01/27/year Est longum bellum, non non, est estque duellum. The duel between no! no! and yes! yes! is a long war.
01/28/year Sunt tibi vitandi sermones undique blandi. You should always avoid flattering words.
01/29/year Vespere flet crebro, qui risit mane sereno. He who was laughing when the day dawned fair weeps copious tears in the evening.
01/30/year Nobiliter vivens et agens, haec nobilis est gens. People who live nobly and act nobly are the true nobles.
01/31/year Pax, pax! clamatur; sed pax per bella paratur. Peace! Peace! people shout, but peace is obtained through wars.
02/01/year Dulcior est fructus, post multa pericula ductus. The fruit is sweeter when it has been obtained by many perils.
02/02/year Non valet inceptus, fuerit nisi finis adeptus. The beginning means nothing, unless the end is reached.
02/03/year Gratia quando datur, studeas ut restituatur. When a favor is given to you, make sure you pay it back.
02/04/year Det pira, det poma, qui non habet aurea dona. Let him give pears, let him give apples, if he does not have gifts of gold.
02/05/year Omnia Mors tollit, quam nulla potentia mollit. Death, which no power can mollify, takes away everything.
02/06/year Fama repleta malis velocibus evolat alis. Rumors that are rife with evil fly forth on swift wings.
02/07/year Sorice iam plena censetur amara farina. When the dormouse has eaten its fill, it thinks the flour tastes bitter.
02/08/year Tu praesens cura; Domino committe futura. Take care of the present; entrust the future to God.
02/09/year Tempora transibunt et gaudia vana peribunt. This age will pass away, and empty pleasures will perish.
02/10/year O adolescentes, ad caelum mittite mentes! O youths, direct your thoughts to heaven!
02/11/year Disce bonos mores, sic te comitantur honores. Learn good habits; in this way public esteem can be yours.
02/12/year Arbor quaeque bona producit dulcia poma. Every good tree brings forth sweet fruits.
02/13/year Ut strasti lectum, super hunc sic vade cubatum. As you have made your bed, so go lie upon it.
02/14/year Non mens in caelis, si mores in caenis. If your habits are in the filth, your thoughts are not in heaven.
02/15/year Dulcia praefatur, qui fallere praemeditatur. The person who speaks sweetly is planning to deceive you.
02/16/year Mane sub aurora res vertitur ad meliora. In the morning at dawn, things take a turn for the better.
02/17/year Tempore felici multi numerantur amici. When times are good, your friends are many in number.
02/18/year Numquam caelesti Domino placuere scelesti. Our Heavenly Lord has never liked evil-doers.
02/19/year Mus rapitur subito, qui solo vivit in antro. A mouse is quickly caught if he lives in a single mousehole.
02/20/year Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis. The gift of speech is given to all; wisdom of mind is given to few.
02/21/year Qualis rex, talis grex. As the king, so the crowd.
02/22/year Multa facit dira, si non compescitur ira. Anger can do many terrible things, if it is not held in check.
02/23/year Quando placet Christo, de mundo tollimur isto. When it pleases Christ, we are taken away from this world.
02/24/year Mutantur mores tum cum cumulantur honores. Characters change when public acclaim accumulates.
02/25/year In mutando locum non mutant poma saporem. Fruits do not change their taste when they change location.
02/26/year Quid non speramus, si nummos possideamus? If we had the money, what could we not hope for?
02/27/year Pax adsit vivis, requies aeterna sepultis. Peace be unto the living, and eternal rest unto the buried.
02/28/year Furtivus potus plenus dulcedine totus. The stolen drink is altogether full of sweetness.
02/29/year Nocte dieque cave tempus consumere prave. Beware both night and day, so you don't waste your time.
03/01/year Falsus in ore caret honore. He who speaks falsely wins no public esteem.
03/02/year Quaeritat in cinere scintillas, qui caret igne. Someone is without a fire seeks for sparks in the ashes.
03/03/year Vae sibi, quando canes veniunt os rodere plures. Alas for the dogs when many of them come to chew on one bone.
03/04/year Parvus pendetur fur, magnus abire videtur. The petty thief is hanged, while the big thief gets off scot-free.
03/05/year Sorte fluunt celeri parta labore gravi. In the swiftness of fate, things gained by painful struggles dissipate.
03/06/year Mus salit in stratum dum scit abesse catum. The mouse leaps up on the bed when it knows the cat is away.
03/07/year Iras sustollis, si sit responsio mollis. You can take away anger if your response is gentle.
03/08/year Stultus nil celat; quod habet sub corde, revelat. The fool hides nothing: he reveals what he has in his heart.
03/09/year Vita evanescet, corpus mortale putrescet. Life fades away; the mortal body decays.
03/10/year Patri caelesti nunquam placuere scelesti. The heavenly father has never liked evil-doers.
03/11/year Nec nimium taceas, nec verba superflua fundas. Do not be overly silent, but don't pour forth unnecessary words either.
03/12/year Non est antiquus per te damnandus amicus. An old friend is not someone you should condemn.
03/13/year Si lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum. If a wolf eats a lamb, it's no great surprise.
03/14/year Ut mala vitentur, aliquando vera tacentur. In order to avoid trouble, sometimes it's better to keep silent about the truth.
03/15/year Dedecus est fragiles devincere; gloria, fortes. It is shameful to defeat the weak; it is glory to defeat the strong.
03/16/year Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum. Anger interferes with your mind so that it cannot discern the truth.
03/17/year In tali tales capiuntur flumine pisces. Big fish are caught in big rivers, little fish in little ones.
03/18/year Ut sis nocte levis, sit tibi cena brevis. In order to rest comfortably at night, let your dinner be light.
03/19/year Ex pravo pullus bonus ovo non venit ullus. No good chick ever comes from a bad egg.
03/20/year Qui sibi nil conscit, secura mente quiescit. He who feels no guilt can rest with a quiet mind.
03/21/year Cerne, quid es, quid eris; humilis sic efficieris. Discern what you are, what you will be; in this way you will become humble.
03/22/year Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro. He who wants to learn without a book is like someone drawing water with a sieve.
03/23/year Dignus erit magno, qui parva capit iubilando. The man who accepts small things with a joyful heart will be worthy of a great thing.
03/24/year Bacchus et argentum mutant mores sapientum. Bacchus and silver coins change the habits even of wise men.
03/25/year Sis animo magnus, sis moribus agnus. Be a great man in spirit; be a lamb in your behavior.
03/26/year Est avi cuique nidus formosus ubique. To each bird, its own nest is always beautiful.
03/27/year Ex verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellos. We grasp donkeys by the ear, and fools by their words.
03/28/year Dulcius est aere pretiosum nomen habere. To have a name full of value is more dear than any coin.
03/29/year Ex magna cena stomacho fit maxima poena. From a great dinner comes a greater punishment for the stomach.
03/30/year Absint offensae, cum fit celebratio mensae. Let animosity be absent when people sit down for dinner.
03/31/year Est rota fortunae variabilis, ut rota lunae. The wheel of fortune is changeable, like the wheel of the moon.
04/01/year Quod male lucratur, male perditur et nihilatur. What is badly earned is badly lost and comes to nothing.
04/02/year Totum laudatur, si finis laude beatur. The whole thing is praiseworthy if the ending earns praise.
04/03/year Utraque mundatur cum palma palma lavatur. When one hand washes another both become clean.
04/04/year Ex frixis pullus ovis nunquam venit ullus. No chicken ever comes from fried eggs.
04/05/year Simia quicquid agit, simia semper erit. Whatever a monkey does, a monkey she'll always be.
04/06/year Est pax villana melior quam pugna Romana. A rustic peace is better than a Roman war.
04/07/year Est auro proprius gratior ipse focus. The hearth of one's own home is more pleasing than gold.
04/08/year Vultus fortunae mutatur imagine lunae. The face of fortune changes like the moon's appearance.
04/09/year O dives, dives! non omni tempore vives! Rich man, rich man! You will not live forever.
04/10/year Saepe lupus veniet eius dum mentio fiet. The wolf always turns up if he is mentioned in conversation.
04/11/year Novus rex, nova lex. New king, new laws.
04/12/year Prava revelare si vis, noli properare. If you want to reveal wicked deeds, don't be in a hurry to do so.
04/13/year Asinus ad lapidem non bis offendit eundum. A donkey does not stumble twice over the same stone.
04/14/year Omnis in hoc mundo, fragilis stat sicut arundo. Every person in this word is as frail as a reed.
04/15/year Sorte patet misera, quae sit dilectio vera. In a time of bad luck, it becomes clear whose affection is real.
04/16/year Qui miseros spernit, sibi callem ad tartara sternit. He who scorns the wretched is paving his own road to hell.
04/17/year Catus saepe satur cum capto mure iocatur. When a cat has eaten its full, it often plays with the mouse it has caught.
04/18/year Ex lingua stulta veniunt incommoda multa. From a fool's tongue come forth many annoying words.
04/19/year Pomum compunctum cito corrumpit sibi iunctum. A bruised fruit quickly spoils the fruit next to it.
04/20/year Improbus est ille, qui scit mendacia mille. The man who knows a thousand lies is a scoundrel.
04/21/year Praesens malo datum quam promissum geminatum. I prefer a gift here and now as opposed to a two-fold promise.
04/22/year Terrae, ad quam pergis, cape mores, quos ibi cernis. When you go to a country, adopt the habits that you see there.
04/23/year In vestimentis non est sapientia mentis. A man's clothing does not reveal the wisdom of his mind.
04/24/year Cito quod fit, cito perit. What is created quickly, perishes quickly.
04/25/year Si tibi do mannos, numeres ne dentibus annos. If I give you some ponies, don't look at their teeth to guess their age.
04/26/year Frangenti fidem, fides frangatur eidem. Let faith be broken with the man who himself has broken faith.
04/27/year Quae tua sunt, cerne; pigris committere sperne. Look to the things that are yours; do not entrust them to dullards.
04/28/year Non omnes sancti, qui calcant limina templi. Not all are holy who tread the threshhold of the temple.
04/29/year Te modicum iacta, quoniam probat exitus acta. Keep your boasting within limits, since it is the outcome which commends your deeds.
04/30/year Parcito saepe cibis, et sic annosior ibis. Be sparing often with your food, and thus will go on to live a longer life.
05/01/year Plus quam divitias scire valere scias. You should know that knowledge is worth more than wealth.
05/02/year Per crucem ad lucem. By means of the cross, toward the light.
05/03/year Non est veridicus arridens omnis amicus. Any flattering friend is not to be trusted.
05/04/year Exlex qui vivit, merito sine lege peribit. It is right for a man who lives like an outlaw to die without law.
05/05/year Cochlea consiliis, in factis esto volucris. Be a snail in your planning and swift as a bird in your deeds.
05/06/year Non mortem flebo, quia tecum, Christe, manebo. I will not bewail my own death, O Christ, because I will abide with you.
05/07/year Saepe ferox iuvenem mors rapit ante senem. Cruel death often snatches the young man before the old.
05/08/year Nobilitas morum plus ornat, quam genitorum. Nobility of habits is more admirable than nobility of family.
05/09/year Tempore felici non cognoscuntur amici. In a prosperous time, you can't tell who your friends are.
05/10/year Non sit neglecta servi sententia recta. Don't ignore the honest opinion of a servant.
05/11/year Occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros. Leftover cabbage has often been the death of poor schoolteachers.
05/12/year Arbor ut ex fructu, sic nequam noscitur actu. As a tree is know by its fruit, so is a scoundrel known by his deeds.
05/13/year Plus prodest omen felix, quam nobile nomen. A lucky omen is more profitable than a noble name.
05/14/year Est homo vix natus ex omni parte beatus. Hardly any man is born blessed in every way.
05/15/year Ne scribam vanum, dirige, Christe, manum. So that I do not write something worthless, O Christ, guide my hand.
05/16/year Illum nullus amat, qui semper: Da mihi! clamat. No one loves the man who is always shouting: Give me that!
05/17/year Nunc est dicendum, nunc cum ratione silendum. Sometimes you need to speak, and sometimes you need to wisely keep silent.
05/18/year Mos est stultorum reprehendere facta bonorum. It is the custom of fools to criticize good people's deeds.
05/19/year Frustra conatur, cui non Deus auxiliatur. The man labors in vain if God does not help him.
05/20/year Gratia regalis non est res perpetualis. Royal favor does not last forever.
05/21/year Quidquid nix celat, solis calor omne revelat. The heat of the sun reveals everything that the snow hides.
05/22/year Qui currit glaciem se monstrat non sapientem. He who runs on ice proves that he is not a wise man.
05/23/year Intima per mores cognoscimus exteriores. We know a person's inner being through his external habits.
05/24/year Qui sese laudat, laudis se munere fraudat. He who praises himself, deceives himself with that gift of praise.
05/25/year Nunquam dives erit, multum qui ludere quaerit. The man who avidly seeks amusements will never be rich.
05/26/year Si gradus est altus, gravior fiet tibi saltus. The higher your position, the heavier will be your fall.
05/27/year Qui bibit et rebibit, nec cessat, stultus abibit. He who drinks and drinks again and does not stop will depart a fool.
05/28/year O bona fortuna, cur non es omnibus una? O Good Luck, why are you not one and the same to everyone?
05/29/year Sero clamat avis dulcedine capta canentis. The bird sings too late, after it's been captured by the sweetness of the singer.
05/30/year Somnia ne cures, nam ludunt plurima plures. Don't let your dreams trouble you, for many a dream plays many tricks.
05/31/year Quae pro parte nocent, plurima saepe docent. Things which do their share of harm often teach many things.
06/01/year Invidus invidia comburitur intus et extra. The envious man burns with envy both inside and out.
06/02/year Post res saepe dies piscis vilescit et hospes. Often after three days the fish begins to stink, as does the houseguest.
06/03/year Plenus si venter renuit studere libenter. If the stomach is full, it refuses to study voluntarily.
06/04/year Sunt asini multi solum bino pede fulti. There are many donkeys, except that they stand on two legs.
06/05/year Multi scire volunt, sed vere discere nolunt. Many want to know, but in fact they refuse to learn.
06/06/year Aqua et panis potus et escula canis. Water and bread is the food and drink of a dog.
06/07/year Multa senex plangit, quando mors instat et angit. The old man bewails many things when death stands by and tightens its grip.
06/08/year Anguilla e digitis saepe est dipalsa peritis. An eel has often slipped through experienced fingers.
06/09/year Qui bona vina bibunt, etiam bona carmina scribunt. Those who drink good wines also write good poems.
06/10/year Vestimenta pium non faciunt monachum. The clothes do not make a monk pious.
06/11/year Ridenti domino nec caelo crede sereno. Do not trust a smiling master, nor a clear sky.
06/12/year Curis iactatur, si quis Veneri sociatur. Someone who associates with Venus is agitated with worries.
06/13/year Fac bene et absque mora; celeri pede diffugit hora. Do your work well and without delay; time runs off at a swift pace.
06/14/year Non est venator, quivis per cornua flator. Not everyone who blows the horns is a hunter.
06/15/year In pratis ut flos, sic cadit omnis honos. Like a flower in the meadows, so perishes every honor.
06/16/year Cari rixantur, sed mox quoque pacificantur. Friends quarrel, but they also quickly make up.
06/17/year Ferrum quando calet cudere quisque valet. Each person is able to strike while the iron is hot.
06/18/year Qualis vita, finis ita. Such as life, so its end.
06/19/year Non lapis hirsutus fit per loca multa volutus. A stone does not get hairy when it is rolled through many places.
06/20/year Nemo potest dura naturae solvere iura. No one can loosen the hard laws of nature.
06/21/year Qui nimium fatur, stultissimus esse probatur. He who speaks too much, proves himself to be an utter fool.
06/22/year Insta, ne cesses; venient post semina messes. Persist, don't stop: the harvests will come after the sowing.
06/23/year Mors servat legem: tollit cum paupere regem. Death adheres to this law: it takes away the pauper as well as the king.
06/24/year Plebs bene vestitum stultum putat esse peritum. The common crowd thinks that a well-dressed fool is an expert.
06/25/year Fac bene, dum vivis, post mortem vivere si vis. Do well, while you live, if you wish to live after death.
06/26/year Non mare transisset, pavidus si nauta fuisset. The sailor would not have crossed the sea if he had been afraid.
06/27/year Ulula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. Howl with the wolves if you want to be one of them.
06/28/year Cras, cras, cras, cras: sic omnis dilabitur aetas. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow: so a whole lifetime slips by.
06/29/year Partem da cuique: sic non partiris inique. Give each his portion: in that way you will not apportion unfairly.
06/30/year Nil melius vere quam cum ratione tacere. There is truly no thing better than to wisely keep silent.
07/01/year Enecat ingentem vipera parva bovem. The tiny viper slays the enormous bull.
07/02/year Gratia nulla datur, si munere munus ematur. No thanks is given if the gift is bought with a bribe.
07/03/year Ante Dei vultum nihil unquam restat inultum. In the presence of God, nothing ever remains unavenged.
07/04/year Transit ut aura levis vita caduca brevis. Life, fleeting and brief, passes by like a gentle breeze.
07/05/year Est facies testis, quales intrinsecus estis. The face provides evidence of what you are inwardly.
07/06/year Rex est mendicus, cui non est ullus amicus. The king is a pauper if he hasn't any friend of his own.
07/07/year Tu tibi fer opem; Deus afferet ipse salutem. You need to bring your own resources; God himself will bring salvation.
07/08/year Parcus vescendo, parcissimus esto bibendo. Eat sparingly, and drink even more sparingly.
07/09/year Quando venit potus, cessat sermo quasi totus. When the drink arrives, practically all talk ceases.
07/10/year Qui scit, laudatur; qui nescit, vituperatur. A man with knowledge is praised; a man without knowedge is criticized.
07/11/year Post vinum verba, post imbrem nascitur herba. After wine come words, as grass grows after the rain.
07/12/year Virginis adspectus penetrat sine vulnere pectus. The sight of a virgin strikes the heart without a wound.
07/13/year Hoc portat leviter, quod portat quisque libenter. What someone carries willingly, he carries lightly.
07/14/year Ex rebus minimis surgit discordia grandis. From the smallest things can spring a huge quarrel.
07/15/year Lites praeteritae facile fiunt renovatae. Previous disputes are easily renewed.
07/16/year Luxuriat vitis, nisi falce putare velitis. The vine grows out of control unless you are willing to prune it with the sickle.
07/17/year Ultima nos omnes efficit hora pares. The final hour makes us all equals.
07/18/year Vultu talis eris, qualia mente geris. You will show in your face what you think in your mind.
07/19/year Non durant actus, homo quos facit ipse coactus. The acts do not endure which a man does against his own will.
07/20/year Sarcina magna nimis asinum prosternit in imis. A load that is far too large lays the donkey low.
07/21/year Cervisiam lente, vinumque infunde repente. Pour the beer slowly, the wine quickly.
07/22/year Pauperis in causa non auris sit tibi clausa. Don't shut your ear to the plea of the poor man.
07/23/year Tunc mors optetur, cum nullus amicus habetur. One longs for death when he hasn't a friend.
07/24/year Vox audita perit, sed litera scripta manebit. The voice, once heard, perishes, but the letter, once written, will last.
07/25/year Quando vina bibo, tristari non bene quibo. When I drink wine, I'll be completely unable to be sad.
07/26/year Est piger agnellus, qui non gestat sibi vellus. The little lamb who doesn't want to carrry his own wool is lazy.
07/27/year Amore, more, ore, re iunguntur amicitiae. With love, character, speech and deed, friendships are cemented.
07/28/year Si cupias pacem, linguam compesce loquacem. If you want peace, constrain your chattering tongue.
07/29/year Non est in mundo dives, qui dicit: abundo. There is not a rich man in the world who says: I have more than enough.
07/30/year Caecat amor mentes atque interdum sapientes. Love sometimes blinds the minds even of the wise.
07/31/year Non omni socio cordis secreta revelo. I do not reveal the secrets of my heart to every partner.
08/01/year Parce gaudebis, nam post tua gaudia flebis. You will rejoice sparingly, for after your joys you will weep.
08/02/year De rebus minimis fit saepe molestia grandis. Big trouble often comes from the smallest things.
08/03/year Cui mens est stulta, pro paucis vult dare multa. Someone who has the mind of a fool is willing to give much in exchange for little.
08/04/year Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis. Now and then insert some pleasures in the midst of your worries.
08/05/year Linque coax ranis, cras corvis, vanaque vanis. Leave croaking to the frogs, cawing to the crows, and foolishness to the fools.
08/06/year Mortis linque metus, si tu vis vivere laetus. Put aside any fears of death, if you want to live happily.
08/07/year Si cantes asino, crepitus tibi reddet ab ano. If you sing to a donkey, he'll return you a fart from his rump.
08/08/year Sunt meliora vanis multo silentia verbis. Silences are better by far than empty words.
08/09/year Qui nimis accelerant, obstacula talibus obstant. Those who hurry too quickly are the sort who run into obstacles.
08/10/year Vincere cor proprium plus est quam vincere mundum. To conquer one's own heart is more than to conquer the world.
08/11/year Desidia pressus erit in studio cito fessus. Someone overwhelmed by laziness will be quickly tired in his studies.
08/12/year Nullius lacrimis umquam revocatur ab umbris. No one's tears can ever summon anyone back from the shades.
08/13/year Se minus afflictum sentit, qui providet ictum. The person who sees the blow coming, feels himself less shattered.
08/14/year Cum sunt matura, breviter pira sunt ruitura. When pears are ripe, they are about to fall to the ground very soon.
08/15/year Arbor honoretur, cuius nos umbra tuetur. The tree whose shade protects us deserves our respect.
08/16/year Non stillant omnes, quas cernis in aere, nubes. Not all clouds which you see in the sky are going to rain.
08/17/year Quot campus mures, tot alis, Mars improbe, fures. Wicked Mars, you nourish as many thieves as the field nourishes mice.
08/18/year Quos vult, sors ditat; quos non vult, sub pede tritat. Fortune enriches those whom she wants; the others she grinds under her foot.
08/19/year Quae nocent, docent. The things that do injury, instruct.
08/20/year Per pravum socium vir venit in vitium. Through a wicked associate, a man descends into vice.
08/21/year Quod puer assuescit, senior dimittere nescit. What a young boy gets used to, the old man isn't able to stop.
08/22/year Non de ponte cadit, quocum sapientia vadit. The man with whom wisdom walks doesn't fall off the bridge.
08/23/year Non vult verna probus dominis servire duobus. The honest slave will not serve two masters.
08/24/year Res satis est nota: foetent plus stercora mota. It is a quite well known fact: shit, when stirred, smells worse.
08/25/year Quo dolor est dentis versatur lingua dolentis. The tongue of the man with a toothache turns to the tooth that hurts.
08/26/year Spiritus inde perit, dum corpus dulcia quaerit. When the body seeks what is sweet, it leads to the death of the spirit.
08/27/year Quid iuvat adspectus, si non conceditur usus? What is the good of looking at something, if you're not allowed to use it?
08/28/year Verba ligant homines, taurorum cornua funes. Men are tied up with words as the horns of bulls are tied up with ropes.
08/29/year Non bene luduntur, qui seria saepe sequuntur. People who constantly pursue serious business are no good at games.
08/30/year Ostia cur claudis, si vocem pauperis audis? Why do you close the door if you hear the voice of a poor man?
08/31/year Regula certa datur: bene qui stat, ne moveatur. This rule is given as certain: if something is sitting pretty, don't move it.
09/01/year Non dentes cernas, si detur equus, neque spernas. If someone gives you a horse, don't look at its teeth, and don't turn it away.
09/02/year Multo deliro, si cuique placere requiro. I've got to be completely crazy if I seek to please everyone.
09/03/year Ira parit litem, lis proelia, proelia mortem. Anger breeds quarrels, quarrels breed battles, and battles breed death.
09/04/year Arbor per primum quaevis non corruit ictum. There's no tree at all that falls at the first blow.
09/05/year Irretit muscas, transmittit aranea vespas. The spider web traps the flies but lets the wasps on through.
09/06/year Pervigili cura semper meditare futura. With everwatchful care always keep your mind on what is to come.
09/07/year Valde frequens haustus non est, mihi credite, faustus. Drinking way too much, believe me, is not good luck.
09/08/year Per aspera ad astra. Through adversities, to the stars.
09/09/year Una serena dies multas pellit cito nubes. One clear day soon drives away many clouds.
09/10/year Nulla valet tantum virtus, patientia quantum. No other virtue is as strong as patience.
09/11/year Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi. What is granted to Jupiter is not granted to the ox.
09/12/year Parce puer stimulis et fortior utere loris. Boy, be sparing with the spurs and boldly use the reins.
09/13/year Ars compensabit, quod vis tibi parva negabit. Talent will make up for what your slight strength denies you.
09/14/year Alterius poenis fit castigatio lenis. The lesson is easy to learn when someone else is being punished.
09/15/year Si fore vis sanus, ablue saepe manus. If you want to be healthy, wash your hands often.
09/16/year Plus probo thesaurum docti, quam divitis aurum. I more esteem the treasure of the learned man than the rich man's gold.
09/17/year Damna fleo rerum, sed plus fleo damna dierum. I weep for things lost, but I weep more for days lost.
09/18/year Nemo potest scire, quis primus debet abire. No one can know who is going to have to depart first.
09/19/year Disce, quid es, quid eris: memor esto, quod morieris. Learn what you are, and what you will be: remember that you will die.
09/20/year Discat, qui nescit, nam sic sapientia crescit. Let him learn what he does not know, for thus does wisdom grow.
09/21/year Omne quod exoritur, terra fit et moritur. Everything which rises up, turns to earth and dies.
09/22/year Ne credas isti, semel a quo laesus abisti. Do not trust the man from whom you once turned away, wounded.
09/23/year Ubi mel, ibi fel. Where there's honey, there's bile.
09/24/year Ebibe vas totum, si vis cognoscoere potum. Drain the whole cup, if you want to know the drink.
09/25/year Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. The way from the earth to the stars is not easy.
09/26/year Utitur ingenio patria quaeque suo. Each country makes use of its own talent.
09/27/year Simia est simia, etiamsi aurea gestet insignia. A monkey is a monkey, even if it wears gold medals.
09/28/year Frustra commisso claudetur ianua furto. It is useless to close the door once the theft has been committed.
09/29/year Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis. Against the power of death there is no remedy in the garden.
09/30/year Exitus ostendit quo mundi gloria tendit. The end shows where the glory of the world goes.
10/01/year Esto laborator et erit Deus auxiliator. You be the worker, and God will your helper.
10/02/year Nemo tam gnarus, qui non sit laudis avarus. There is no man so wise that he is not greedy for praise.
10/03/year Cordis scrutator Deus est mentisque probator. God is the examiner of the heart and the investigator of the mind.
10/04/year Nemo nimis propere didicit nocitura cavere. No one has learned too quickly to avoid things that are harmful.
10/05/year De re terrena procedunt mille venena. From the earth come forth a thousand poisons.
10/06/year Nil cito delebis, nisi iam meliora videbis. You should delete nothing in haste, unless you see better things already.
10/07/year Cum stertit catus, nunquam sibi currit in os mus. When the cat snores, no mouse ever runs into its mouth.
10/08/year Cum contentus eris, dives tunc efficieris. When you will be content, then you will be rich.
10/09/year Post mortem fumus, pulvis et umbra sumus. After death we are smoke, dust, and shadow.
10/10/year Qui pedit dum vult, pedet dum pedere non vult. Someone who farts when he wants to, will fart when he doesn't want to.
10/11/year Omne quod est nimium, vertitur in vitium. Everything in excess turns into a vice.
10/12/year Audi, cerne, tace, si vis tu vivere pace. Listen, look, and be silent, if you want to live in peace.
10/13/year Hic offendit herum, qui vult nimis edere verum. The man who wants to utter truth in excess offends his master.
10/14/year Currens per prata, non est lepus esca parata. As it runs through the fields, the rabbit is not a meal ready-to-eat.
10/15/year Prorsus et absque mora vitium removere labora. Work to remove vice straight away and without delay.
10/16/year Quamvis sint modica, prosunt tamen omnia lucra. Even though they may be small, all profits are profitable.
10/17/year Os qui non claudit, quod non vult, saepius audit. He who doesn't close his mouth, often hears what he does want to.
10/18/year Qui plerumque bibit miser atque idiota redibit. He who drinks frequently will depart a wretch and an idiot.
10/19/year Pix dum palpatur, palpando manus maculatur. When you touch pitch, the hand that does the touching is stained.
10/20/year Transit fine brevi puerilis flosculus aevi. The youthful flower of life passes by in its short course.
10/21/year Quamvis tarda venit, sors sua quemque ferit. Although it might come late, each man's fate strikes him.
10/22/year Non bene tutus erit, quisquis nimis ardua quaerit. Whoever seeks things too high, will not be well watched over.
10/23/year Transit, ut unda fluens, tempus et hora ruens. Like a wave that flows, time passes by, and so too the rushing hour.
10/24/year Mortales laetos vinum facit atque facetos. Wine makes mortal men happy and witty.
10/25/year Discite victuri, sed vivite cras morituri. Learn as if you were going to live, but live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
10/26/year Mollificat diram responsum mollius iram. A more gentle response can soften cruel wrath.
10/27/year Parva iuventutis plerumque est cura salutis. In general, youth has little concern for safety.
10/28/year Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina. The mind of a wolf may often hide beneath the skin of a lamb.
10/29/year Esto pius vere super his qui te genuere. Be truly respectful toward those who gave you birth.
10/30/year Nidus testatur, ibi qualis avis dominatur. The nest attests what sort of bird rules there.
10/31/year Dupliciter peccat, qui se de crimine iactat. Someone who boasts about his criminal deed is a sinner twice over.
11/01/year Omnia transibunt! Sic ibimus, ibitis, ibunt. All things will pass away! So we will go, you will go, they will go.
11/02/year Laudat adulator, sed non est verus amator. A flatterer praises you, but he is not a true admirer.
11/03/year Non facile manibus vacuis occiditur ursus. The bear is not easily killed with empty hands.
11/04/year Modicus cibi medicus sibi. If you can limit your food, you can be your own doctor.
11/05/year Audi doctrinam, si vis vitare ruinam. Listen to your lessons if you want to avoid destruction.
11/06/year Parvum servabis, donec maiora parabis. You need to take care of the little things while you are preparing for bigger things.
11/07/year Deficit ambobus, qui vult servire duobus. Someone who wants to serve two masters fails them both.
11/08/year Invenit interdum caeca columba pisum. Every once in a while the blind pigeon finds a pea.
11/09/year Quam brevis est hora, quae labat absque mora! How brief is the hour which slips by without tarrying.
11/10/year Nulla valet vita, nisi sit virtute polita. No life is worthwhile unless it is polished by virtue.
11/11/year Non vult scire satur, quid ieiunus patiatur. The well-fed man does not want to know what the hungry man feels.
11/12/year Dum canis os rodit, socium, quem diligit, odit. While the dog is gnawing a bone, he hates the companion whom he had loved.
11/13/year Munera per gentes corrumpunt undique mentes. Among people everywhere, bribes corrupt judgments.
11/14/year Irritare canem noli dormire volentem. Do not irritate a dog who wants to sleep.
11/15/year Quot campo flores, tot sunt in amore dolores. As many as are flowers in the field, so are sorrows in love.
11/16/year Casus dementis correctio fit sapientis. The downfall of the witless person becomes a lesson for the wise man.
11/17/year Decipiuntur aves per cantus saepe suaves. The birds are often deceived by sweet songs.
11/18/year Communis sors est, quod cunctis debita mors est. It is our common lot that death is an obligation to all.
11/19/year Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum. As soon as it is let loose, a word flies forth and cannot be recalled.
11/20/year Spes laqueo volucres, spes captat arundine pisces. Hope captures birds with a net, and fish with a rod.
11/21/year Temporibus brumae iuxta ignem pocula sume. In winter time, sit by the fire and raise your glass.
11/22/year Liba libens libo; libando libentius ibo. Gladly I nibble my cakes; I will go more gladly as I nibble.
11/23/year Dum non lucraris, mox paupertate gravaris. When you are not earning money, you are soon to be weighed down by poverty.
11/24/year Plus valet in dextra munus quam plurima extra. One gift in the right hand is worth more than many which are not at hand.
11/25/year Maxima de parvis fiunt incendia flammis. The biggest conflagrations come from tiny flames.
11/26/year Ut pater incedit, sic gressus filius edit. As the father walks, so are the steps his son will make.
11/27/year Esto memor mortis fueris dum corpore fortis. Be mindful of death while you are strong in body.
11/28/year Non tenet anguillam, qui per caudam tenet illam. Someone who has the eel by the tail doesn't have the eel at all.
11/29/year Non laudo florem, qui nullum praebet odorem. I do not praise the flower which produces no scent.
11/30/year Debilis ac fortis veniunt ad limina mortis. Weak and strong, they come to the threshold of death.
12/01/year Ultima mortiferum conservat cauda venenum. The tip of the tail has deadly venom in store.
12/02/year Ex minimo crescit, sed non cito fama quiescit. From a tiny thing the rumor grows, but it does not quickly come to rest.
12/03/year Labitur e mente cito res bona, sed mala lente. A good thing slips your mind quickly, but a bad thing does so slowly.
12/04/year Qui leviter credit, deceptus saepe recedit. He who is quick to believe something, often departs deceived.
12/05/year Non bene pro fulvo libertas venditur auro. It is not good to sell your freedom for tawny gold.
12/06/year Pauper ubique iacet, dum sua bursa tacet. The poor man lies anywhere he can when nothing jingles in his purse.
12/07/year Vivamus puri, quasi simus cras morituri. Let us live a pure life, as if we were going to die tomorrow.
12/08/year Non est tam fortis, qui rumpat vincula mortis. There is no man strong enough to break the bonds of death.
12/09/year Qui bene vult fari, debet bene praemeditari. He who wants to speak well should plan his words carefully.
12/10/year Consilium verum docet experientia rerum. Experience of things teaches true intelligence.
12/11/year Dum caput infestat, dolor omnia membra molestat. When the head is unwell, pain afflicts every limb.
12/12/year Esuriens venter manducat cruda libenter. The hungry stomach gladly eats raw food.
12/13/year Disce, puer, tenero dum flos tibi floret in aevo. Learn, my boy, while your flower yet flourishes at a tender age.
12/14/year Quid pectunt illi, quibus absunt fronte capilli? What's the point of combing, when men lack hair on their foreheads?
12/15/year Laudatur nummus, quasi rex super omnia summus. Cash is praised as if it were the greatest king of all things.
12/16/year Frangitur ira gravis, cum fit responsio suavis. Great anger is shattered when the reply is sweet.
12/17/year Rebus tranquillis, metuas adversa sub illis. When the situation is peaceful, watch out for dangers lurking.
12/18/year Saepe natatores submerguntur meliores. Often swimmers drown, even the best ones.
12/19/year Doctrinae cultus spernit nemo, nisi stultus. The cultivation of learning is rejected by no one, unless he's a fool.
12/20/year Per risum multum poteris cognoscere stultum. Because of his abundant laughter, you will be able to recognize a fool.
12/21/year Saepe etiam stultus fuit opportuna locutus. Often even the fool has said something to the point.
12/22/year Quisquis amat ranam, ranam putat esse Dianam. He who loves a frog thinks that frog is the goddess Diana.
12/23/year Pone gulae metas, ut sit tibi longior aetas. Put limits to your gluttony so that you may have a longer life.
12/24/year Aedibus in propriis canis est mordacior omnis. In its own house, every dog is more likely to bite.
12/25/year Verus amator erit, qui me plus quam mea quaerit. The true lover will be the one who wants me more than he wants mine.
12/26/year Non volat in buccas assa columba tuas. A roast pigeon isn't going to fly into your mouth.
12/27/year Sero seram ponis stabulis post furta latronis. You're late putting the lock on the stable door after the robber's theft.
12/28/year Prima virum primum mulier deiecit ad imum. The first woman cast the first man down into the depths.
12/29/year Cum tumulum cernis, cur non mortalia spernis? When you gaze on a tomb, why do you not reject mortal things?
12/30/year Sus magis in caeno gaudet quam fonte sereno. The pig rejoices more in the mire than in a clear stream of water.
12/31/year Igne semel tactus timet ignem postmodo cattus. The cat who has been touched once by fire, fears the fire thereafter.