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Said between 200 and 101 BC

“You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”
Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Publius Syrus
“Come to me, all you that need instruction, and learn in my school.| Why do you admit that you are ignorant and do nothing about it? | Here is what I say: It costs nothing to be wise.”
Ben Sira (301–151 BC) said by 151 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patria est, ubicumque est bene.”
Pacuvius (220–130 BC) said by 130 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“קל יותר לסבול סירוב מאשר הונאה.”
פובליליוס סירוס (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“nullum contemptu m[ortis incitamentum] ad uincendum homini ab dis immortalibus acrius datum est.”
Hannibal (247–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Livy, :la:s:Ab Urbe Condita/liber XXI 44, as translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, in The War with Hannibal (1965).
“אש ניתנת, אפילו אם תבקשנה מן האויב." ~ גם כששוררים יחסי איבה בין בני האדם אסור להם להמנע מלהעניק אש זה לזה.”
טיטוס מאקיוס פלאוטוס (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(Last words) My children, be courageous and grow strong in the law, for by it you will gain honour.”
Mattathias (201–166 BC) said by 166 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pursuits of commerce would be as admirable as they are profitable if they were not subject to so great risks: and so, likewise, of banking, if it was always honestly conducted. For our ancestors considered, and so ordained in their laws, that, while the thief should be cast in double damages, the usurer should make four-fold restitution.”
Cato the Elder (234–149 BC) said by 149 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Neither armies nor treasure form the bulwarks of a throne, but friends; these you can neither acquire by force of arms nor buy with gold; it is by devotion and loyalty that they are won.”
Micipsa (201–118 BC) said by 118 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Bellum Jugurthinum by Sallust, section 10, as translated and printed in the volume of the Loeb Classical Library, Sallust, first published in 1921, and last revised in 1931.
“Τοῦτο μὲν, ὦ Φαινέα, καὶ τυφλῷ δῆλον.”
Philip V of Macedon (238–179 BC) first seen 198 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Polybius, 18, 17, 4. Rejoinder of Philip V (of Macedon) to the one-eyed Ætolian commander, Phæneas, in the Second Macedonian War, 198 BC
“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.”
Polybius (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 43 (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 13th ed., 1955)
“אוי לי למה יולדתי לחזות בשוד עמי ושוד עיר הקודש ולשבת בה בהינתנה ביד אויבים בית המקדש ביד נכרים: היה היכלה כ[בית] איש נקלה: כל תפארת בשבי הובלו ילדיה הורגו ברחובותיה בחוריה בחרב אויב: אי זה עם לא ירש במלכותה ולא תפש משללה: כל הדרה לוקח תחת חפשיה הייתה שפחה: והנה קדשנו והדרנו ותפארתנו השם ויחללוה גוים: [אם - - - - ] למה לנו עוד חיים:”
מתתיהו הכהן (201–166 BC) said by 166 BC at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have composed a book on the length of the year in which I show that the tropical year contains 365 days plus a fraction of a day which is not exactly 1/4 days as the mathematicians-astronomers suppose, but which is less than 1/4 by about 1/300.”
Hipparchus (190–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“大風起兮雲飛揚，威加海內兮歸故鄉，安得猛士兮守四方。”
Emperor Gaozu of Han (256–195 BC) said by 195 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Accipiunt leges, populus quibus legibus exlex.”
Gaius Lucilius (180–102 BC) said by 102 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fragment of Book XXX, quoted by Nonius, 10, 10; Warmington (1935), p. 331
“The two best-known cases, involving Pushyamitra Shunga and Shashank, cannot withstand historical criticism. The non-contemporary story (which surfaces more than three centuries after the facts) about Pushyamitra's offering money for the heads of monks is rendered improbable by firm historical facts of his allowing and patronizing monasteries and Buddhist universities in his domains.”
Pushyamitra Shunga (301–148 BC) said by 148 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Omnes mortales sese laudarier optant.”
Ennius (239–169 BC) said by 169 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.”
Terence (185–159 BC) said by 159 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“החיה שמכונה 'מלך' היא מעצם טבעה רעבה לבשר.”
מרקוס פורקיוס קאטו קנסוריוס (234–149 BC) said by 149 BC at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“מימין ומשמאל סוגרים עליכם שני ימים ואין כל ספינה בידכם, אף לא למנוסה בה; סביבכם הנהר פאדוס, והפאדוס גדול הוא ועז מן הרודאנוס; מאחוריכם סוגרים עלכם האלפים, אשר בעודכם שלמים וחזקים בקושי עברתם אותם. כאן עליכם לנצח או למות, חיילים, כאן, במקום שלראשונה פגשתם את האויב." ~ (טיטוס ליוויוס, תולדות רומא, ספר 21 מ"ג)”
חניבעל (247–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source