Marcus Terentius Varro

“The belly is the teacher of the arts and the giver of wit.”

“The master's eye is the best fertilizer.”

“Not every question deserves an answer.”

“Habit is a second nature.”

“The gods help them that help themselves.”

“The number of guests should be not less than the Graces and not more than the Muses.”

“He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.”

“To the sick, whilst there is life there is hope.”

“Man is not a circle with a single center; he is an ellipse with two foci. Facts are one, ideas are the other.”

“For nature desires nothing so much as what is necessary.”

“We should not lend an ear to those who are in the habit of saying that it is disgraceful for a man to be ignorant of what he does not know.”

“It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.”

“Others have written, but I have lived.”