James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Lucretius
Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes—That supreme good at which we all aim.
Divitiæ grandes homini sunt, vivere parce / Æquo animo—It is great wealth to a man to live frugally with a contented mind.
Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant—As bees sip of everything in the flowery meads.
Genus humanum superavit—He surpassed the human race in natural ability.
Gigni pariter cum corpore, et una / Crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem—We see that the mind is born with the body, that it grows with it, and also ages with it.
Judicio acri perpendere—To weigh with a keen judgment.
Medio de fonte leporum / Surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat—From the midst of the very fountain of delight something bitter arises to vex us even amid the flowers themselves.
O miseras hominum mentes! O pectora cæca!—Oh, how wretched are the minds of men! oh, how blind their hearts!
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum—Could such cruelties have been perpetrated in the name of religion?In reference to the sacrifice of Iphigenia.
Vitæ post-scenia celant—They conceal the secret actions of their lives (lit. what goes on behind the scenes).
Vivida vis animi—The strong force of genius.