Marcus Porcius Cato

“I would rather be vanquished by a barbarian than ruled by a Greek.”

“The belly has no ears.”

“It is the part of a wise man to prefer prevention to cure.”

“Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.”

“Carthago delenda est.”

“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”

“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.”

“There is a great force in the words of the dead.”

“All mankind is governed by their purses.”

“Grasp the subject, the words will follow.”

“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.”

“Even a single hair casts a shadow.”

“It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.”