| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Statius |
| | | Da spatium tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat / Impetus—Allow time and slight delay; haste and violence ruin everything. | 1 |
| Hilarisque tamen cum pondere virtus—Virtue may be gay, yet with dignity. | 2 |
| Male cuncta ministrat / Impetus—Violence (of passion) conducts everything badly. | 3 |
| O cæca nocentum / Consilia, O semper timidum scelus!—Oh, how infatuated are the counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly wickedness ever is! | 4 |
| Primus in orbe Deos fecit timor—It was fear that first suggested the existence of the gods. | 5 |
| Quid crastina volveret ætas / Scire nefas homini—It is not permitted to man to know what to-morrow may bring forth. | 6 | | |
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