Sundial Mottos
By tradition, sundials have mottos, often in Latin. Some examples:


Tempus fugit. Time flies.
Tempus breve est. Time is short.
Ruit hora. The hour is flowing away.
Tempus volat, hora fugit. Time is on the wing, the hour flies.
Hora fugit, ne tardes. The hour flies, don't be late.
Carpe diem. Seize the day.
Fugit hora - carpe diem. The hour flies – seize the day.
Festina lente. Make haste, but slowly.
Utere non reditura. Use the hour, it will not come again.
Utere, non numera. Use the hours, don't count them.
Altera pars otio, pars ista labori. Devote this hour to work, another to leisure.
Vita fugit, sicut umbra Life passes like the shadow.
Vita similis umbrae. Life resembles a shadow.
Umbra sicut hominis vita. A person's life is like a shadow.
Meam vide umbram, tuam videbis vitam. Look at my shadow and you will see your life.
Memor esto brevis aevi. Remember how short is life.
Ex iis unam cave. Beware of one hour.
Una ex his erit tibi ultima. One of these hours will be your last.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat. All hours wound; the last one kills.
Serius est quam cogitas. It's later than you think.
Sic labitur aetas. Thus passes a lifetime.
Lente hora, celeriter anni. An hour passes slowly, but the years go by quickly.
Ultima latet ut observentur omnes. Our last hour is hidden from us, so that we watch them all.
Ver non semper viret. Springtime does not last.
Sic vita fluit, dum stare videtur. Life flows away as it seems to stay the same.
Pereunt et Imputantur. The hours are consumed and will be charged to our account.
Tempus edax rerum. Time devours things.
Tempus vincit omnia. Time conquers everything.
Vidi nihil permanere sub sole. I have seen that nothing under the sun endures.
Omnes aequales sola virtute discrepantes. All hours are the same – they are distinguished only by good deeds.
Dum tempus habemus operemur bonum. While we have time, let us do good.
Sol omnibus lucet. The sun shines for everyone.
Sempre amicis hora Always time for friends.
Amicis qualibet hora. Any hour for my friends.
Vita in motu Life is in motion.
Vivere momento. Remember to live.
Fruere hora. Enjoy the hour.
Dona praesentis cape laetus horae. Take the gifts of this hour.
Tempus omnia dabit. Time will give everything.
Una dabit quod negat altera. One hour will give what another has refused.
Post tenebras spero lucem. I hope for light to follow darkness.
Sit fausta quae labitur. May the hour be favorable.
Si sol deficit, respicit me nemo. If the sun's gone, nobody looks at me.
Horas non numero nisi serenas. I count only the happy hours.
Sine sole sileo. Without the Sun I fall silent.