Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] ~ ancient Roman poet 70 - 19 B.C. His tombstone reads in part, "I sang of pastures, countrysides, leaders."

Quotations:

"As long as rivers shall run down to the sea, or shadows touch the mountain slopes, or stars graze in the vault of heaven, so long shall your honor, your name, your praises endure."

"O, farmers pray that your summers be wet and your winters clear."

"Let us go singing as far as we go:  the road will be less tedious."

"They can because they think they can."

"Time bears away all things."

"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love."

Major works:  Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid.

~ Source: BARTLETT's Familiar Quotations, John Bartlett, Little, Brown and Company, 1992 (16th ed.)