Plautus Quotes

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

A man with courage has every blessing.

Worthy things happen to the worthy.

It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

Riches, rightly used, breed delight.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.