Lady luck

Faber est suæ quisque fortunæ

"Each is the maker of his own fortune."

Appius Claudius Caecus

A foreign country

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

"I am human, so nothing that is human is foreign to me." Terence

I'm a dancing fool....

Nemo saltat sobrius

"Nobody dances sober" Cicero

And what about taxes...?

Mors Certa, Vita Incerta

"Death is certain, life is not."

Kansas

Ad astra per aspera

"To the stars through thorns" Motto of the great state of Kansas

If only I could keep my big mouth shut.....

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

"It is a wise man who speaks little"

Gotta go, gotta go....

Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi

"Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog"

If you need to crack open the books.....

Repetitio est mater studiorum.

"Repetition is the mother of study."

It only hurts when I laugh

Risus abundat in ore stultorum

"Laughs are plentiful in the mouth of the foolish."

Cicero again on History

Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. Quid enim est aetas hominis, nisi ea memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

Cicero

History always has something to teach us.

History is Bunk

Quidem concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis ut alizuid dicere possint argutius.

"Orators are indeed permitted to lie about historical matters so they can speak more subtly."

Cicero

The power of money

Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit.

"Nothing is so fortified that it can't be conquered with money."

Cicero

Are you clever enough?

Nemo solus satis sapit

"Nobody is clever enough".

From here to the stars

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.

"There is no smooth way from the earth to the stars."

Seneca Maior