- Abyssus abyssum invocat - Hell calls hell; one mistep leads to another
- Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
- Acta non verba - Action not words
- Ad ardua tendit - He attempts difficult things
- Ad augusta per angusta - To high places by narrow roads
- Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before
- Ad finem fidelis - Faithful to the end
- Ad mortem fidelis - Faithful till death
- Aegrescit medendo - The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the disease
- Amicis prodesse, nemini nocere - To do good to my friends, to injure nobody
- Amico fidus ad aras - Faithful to my friend as far as conscience permits, or even to death, lit even to the altar
- Amicus verus est rara avis - A true friend is a rare bird
- Appetitus rationi pareat - Let your desires obey your reason
- Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small stuff)
- Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit - Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdues both intelligence and skill. (Cicero)
- Aurea mediocritas - The golden mean. (an ethical goal; truth and goodness are generally to be found in the middle.) (Horace)
- Aurora Musis amica - Early bird catches the worm (Dawn is friend of the muses)
- Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
- Bene paratum dulce - That which is rightly acquired is sweet
- Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - To accept a favour is to sell freedom. (Publilius Syrus)
- Bis dat qui cito dat - He gives twice who quickly gives. (Publius Syrus)
- Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria - He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself. (Syrus)
- Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)
- Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)
- Caveat venditor - Let the seller beware
- Cogita ante salis - Think before you leap, or look before you leap
- Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur - Nobody should be punished for his thoughts
- Confisus viribus - Confident in my own powers
- Consuetudinis magna vis est - The force of habit is great.
- Contranando incrementum - Prosperity by swimming against the stream
- Contraria contrariis curantur - The opposite is cured with the opposite
- Corruptio optimi pessima - Corruption of the best is worst
- Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet - The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned.
- Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse - I think we're on the same wavelength
- Crescite et multiplicamini - Increase and multiply
- Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem - It is more cruel to always fear death than to die
- Cum tacent, clamant - When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words)
- De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum - Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen
- Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus - Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (This is the motto of Harry Potter's alma mater)
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