"Cogito Ergo Sum." (I think Therefore I am.)
"Carpe Diem!" (Seize the day (Horace))
"Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi", What is permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to an ox" - If an important person does something, it does not necessarily mean that everyone can do it (cf. double standard).
"Latine dictum, sit altum videtur" (What's said in latin always seems to be more interesting.
"Verba volant, scripta manent." (Spoken words fly away, written words remain.)
"In caecus terrae, luscus rex est." (In the land of the blind, the one-eye-man is king.)
"Cogito, Facio, Fio!" (Think it, Do it, Become it!)
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. (Garbage in, garbage out.)
"Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum" (A wise man doesn't piss into the wind)
"Tempus edax rerums" (Time devours all things (quote from Roman poet Ovid))
"Exegi monumentum aere perennius." (I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace))
"nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?" (a friend in need is a friend in deed (our equivalent))
"Sine labore nihil" (Nothing without work)
"Conlige suspectos semper habitos" (Round up the usual suspects)
"Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered. (Caesar))
"Ante bellum" (Before the war)
"Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus" (One is innocent until proven guilty.)
"Mors ultima linea rerum est" (Death is everything's final limit)
"Cogita ante salis." (Think before you leap (or roughly - Look before you leap.) )
"Terra firma" (Solid ground)
"Habeas corpus" (You should have the body (You have the undeniable right))
Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat.(Horace, Satires) What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile?
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. It is a wise man who speaks little.
Magister Mundi sum! (I am the Master of the Universe!)
"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur." (Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. -Pliny, Letters)
"Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis." (It is best to endure what you cannot change. -Seneca, Moral Epistles)
"Caelum, non animum, mutant, qui trans mare currunt." (Those who run off across the sea change their climate but not their mind. -Horace, Espistles)
"Agis Quod Adis" (Do well what you do.(The motto of Spruce Grove Composite High School (SGCHS)))
"Anno Domini" or "A.D." (In the year of the Lord)
"In hoc signo vinces." or "In hoc signo vincit" (Under this sign (the cross of God) thou shalt conquer.) - This Latin phrase was said to have been written in the sky before Constantine, before the battle at Milvian Bridge, North of Rome in 312 A.D.
"Roma locuta est. Causa finita est" (Rome has spoken. The cause is finished.) - Well, obviously that means the Emperor speaks and his decree trumps all.
"Veritas Vos Liberabit" (The Truth Shall Set You Free)
"De omnibus dubitandum" (Everything should be questioned - Karl Marx)
"Malo mala mali quam mala equui." (I prefer the apples of an apple tree to the road apples of a horse.)
"Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." (When you have them by the balls, the heart and mind will follow)
"Non torsii subligarium!" (Don't get your knickers in a twist!)
"Selume proferre" (Towards the light)
"Torre et Ursi meritant pecuniment sed Porky non" (The bulls and the bears deserve to make money but the pigs deserve nothing)
"Carpe noctum!" (Seize the night)
"Bella Detesta Matribus" (War is the Dread of Mothers)
"Nanos gigantium humeris insidentes" (Standing on the shoulders of giants)
"Utrum per hebdomadem perveniam" (If I can just get through this week)
"Oderunt dum Metuant" (Let them hate, so long as they fear (Caligula, quoting an earlier Latin author))
"Semita exaro sunt tergum" (Track Till They're Back)
"Sine Virtus, Sine Laus." (Approx. "No guts, no glory")
"Ars longa, vita brevis." Hypocrates The work (art) is long, the life is short.
"De gustibus non est disputandum." (There's no accounting for tastes.)
"In his ordo est ordinem non servare." (In this case the only rule is not obeying any rules.)
"Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris." (The stars never lie, but the astrologs lie about the stars.)
"si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes." (essentially it says, "if you can read this, you're overeducated.")
"Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt"--Horace, Ars Poetica (The years as they come bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
"Anicularum lucubrationes" (Old wives' tales.)
"Sic transit gloria mundi" (thus passes the glory of the world)
"Errare humanun est - sed perseverare diabolicum" (mistakes are human, but to continue making mistakes is devilish)
"Nos morituri te salutant!" (which means "We, who are about to die, salute you" it was used when gladiatiors were about to undergo their punishment during the Roman Circus celebrations. They hailed Cesar with that saying.)
"Vincit omnia veritas" (The truth conquers all)
"Quod me nutrit me destruit" (What nourishes me destroys me, kind of like the more you care about something the more potential it has to cause you pain)
"Nemo saltat sorbius, nisi infanus est.' Nobody dances when sober, unless they are insane.
"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse' It is necessary to sail/navigate, but not to live.
"Tempus fugit" (Time disappears)
"Do ut des" (The "slogan", if you will, of Roman (pre-Christian) religion, meaning "I give so that you might give", referring to a Roman's reason for doing sacrifice, libations, etc.)
"Decisis pennis" (With disappointed hopes)
"Lupus in fabula" (Speak of the devil)
"Ut sementem feeceris" (You reap what you sow)
"Fiducia virorum in sinistra non in dextra est" (Real men don't attack)
"Sapienti sat" (Enough for the wise)
"Res ipsa Loquitur" (The thing speaks for itself)
"Derevaun seraun" (The end of pleasure is pain)
"Felix Sit Annus Novus!" (Happy New Year!)
"Discedere ad inferos!" (Go to hell!)
"Per Ardua Ad Astra" (Through struggles to the stars - Motto of the Royal Air Force)
"Opus Dei" (The work of God)
"Pax" and "In aeternum" ("Peace" and "In eternity," supposed secret greeting for Opus Dei)
"Exempli Gratia." (Acronym "EG" - For Example)
"Id Est." (Acronym "IE" - That Is)
"Ad Libitum." (Acronym "AD LIB" - Freely)
"Ad Interim." (For the Time Being)
"Ad Libitur." (As Desired)
"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam." (to the greater glory of God - motto of the Society of Jesus)
"Dei Gratia." (By the Grace of God)
"In Dei Nomine." (In the name of God)
"Soli Deo Gloria." (To God Alone the Glory)
Divide et impera (Divide and rule.)
Ex nilhilo nihil fit (From, or out of, nothing, nothing comes; nothing begetes nothing.)
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal))
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur (Anything said in Latin sounds profound.)
"Homo homini lupus" (lit.: Man is to another man a wolf.", i.e., People are wolves to each other).
"Quod omne animal post coitum est triste." Aristoteles Every animal is sad after a copulation.
"Fac ut vivas." (Get a life.)
"Latine loqui coactus sum." (I have this compulsion to speak Latin.)
"Labra lege." (Read my lips.)
"Non erravi perniciose!" (I did not commit a fatal error!)
"mea culpa" (My fault.)
"Semper Fidelis" (Always Faithful (Motto of the US Marine Corps) )
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." (If you wish for peace, prepare for war.(Flavius Vegetius Renatus c. 375 AD.))
"nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet" (No man is more deaf than he who will not hear)
"Mutatis mutandis" (With the necessary changes)
"Non ministrari, sed ministrare" (Not to be served, but to serve)
"Si me perdis, te perdam" (Waste me and I'll waste you (a sundial motto))
"Hic si stas, hinc eris" (Here you stay, here you belong (a sundial motto)))
"Solem quis dicere falsum audeat" (Who will dare to say that the sun is wrong? (a sundial motto from Virgil's Georgics))
"Sol tibi signa dabit" (The sun will give you signs (a sundial motto from Virgil's Georgics))
"De mortiis aut bene aut nihil." (Speak well of the dead or not at all.
"De mortuis, nihil nisi bonum." (Never speak ill of the dead. (more literal "Of the dead, (say) nothing unless good."))
