Plautus Quotes - Page 3

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

Let a man who wants to find abundance of employment procure a woman and a ship: for no two things do produce more trouble if you begin to equip them; neither are these two things ever equipped enough.

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat., Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem.]

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.

Practice yourself what you preach.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]

I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.

You must spend money, if you wish to make money.

Every one can remember that which has interested himself.

Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris, Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.]

In everything the middle road is best.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

No blessing lasts forever.