Ex Libris: Mottos

Edward Denham
Nulla dies sine linea 'No day without a line.' The Greek painter Apelles (c. 352 – 308 BC) attributed his success to the fact that he never let a day pass without painting. The motto is a shortened form of the version from Erasmus ('Nulla dies abeat, quin linea ducta supersit.')

Quo te caelestis sapientia duceret, ires.
Richard Spaight takes his motto from Horace's Epistolarum Liber Primus, number three: 'Where heavenly wisdom leads you, follow.' This Richard Spaight may have been Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758–1802), signer of the U. S. Constitution, or his son, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., 1896–1850. Both were natives of New Bern, North Carolina, and both served in Congress and as governor of North Carolina. The elder Spaight, after describing his successor in Congress as "both a liar and a scoundrel," found himself challenged to a duel by Stanly. He died from internal injuries after the duel on September 5, 1802. (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

Oliver Curtis
Nemo solus sapit
'No man is wise unto himself.' From Titus Maccius Plautus, c. 254 – c. 184 BC, a Roman playwright and humorist. Oliver Curtis was

James Cowan
Sic itur in altum
'Thus they go into the deep.' A traditional motto associated with the Cowan surname.

Helene Kahn
Pour toujours mes livres et mon art
'Forever my books and my art.'