Plautus Quotes - Page 2

Where there are friends there is wealth.

He who dies for virtue does not perish.

How great in number are the little minded men

Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

Let deeds match words.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]

Man is no man, but a wolf

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.

The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. [Lat., Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri.]

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.]

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

Always bring money along with your complaints.