Latinski

Carpe diem.

Seize the day.

Horace, Odes 1.11

Cogito, ergo sum.

I think, therefore I am.

Rene Descartes

Veni, vidi, vici.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar

Alea iacta est.

The die is cast.

Attributed to Caesar by Suetonius

Errare humanum est.

To err is human.

Proverbial, after Seneca

Festina lente.

Make haste slowly.

Motto of Augustus, via Suetonius

Memento mori.

Remember that you must die.

Classical maxim

Dum spiro, spero.

While I breathe, I hope.

Classical maxim

Scientia potentia est.

Knowledge is power.

Associated with Francis Bacon

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

Fortune favours the bold.

Virgil, Aeneid 10

Per aspera ad astra.

Through hardships to the stars.

Proverbial

Vox populi, vox Dei.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Medieval proverb

Tempus fugit.

Time flies.

Virgil, Georgics 3

In vino veritas.

In wine there is truth.

Proverbial

Ars longa, vita brevis.

Art is long, life is short.

Hippocrates, via Seneca

Divide et impera.

Divide and rule.

Political maxim

Homo homini lupus.

Man is a wolf to man.

After Plautus, Asinaria

Nosce te ipsum.

Know thyself.

Latin rendering of the Delphic maxim

Sapere aude.

Dare to be wise.

Horace, Epistles 1.2

Amor vincit omnia.

Love conquers all.

Virgil, Eclogues 10

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

After Vegetius

Acta non verba.

Deeds, not words.

Proverbial

Verba volant, scripta manent.

Spoken words fly away, written words remain.

Proverbial

Nemo iudex in causa sua.

No one should be a judge in his own cause.

Legal maxim

Dura lex, sed lex.

The law is harsh, but it is the law.

Legal maxim

Mens sana in corpore sano.

A sound mind in a sound body.

Juvenal, Satires 10

Non scholae sed vitae discimus.

We learn not for school, but for life.

After Seneca, Epistles 106

Fiat lux.

Let there be light.

Vulgate, Genesis 1:3