Plautus Quotes - Page 4

A word to the wise is sufficient

He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.

How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.]

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

To make any gain some outlay is necessary.

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.

Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.]

The gods play games with men as balls.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.

I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

Let deeds correspond with words. [Lat., Dictis facta suppetant.]

Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged - the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.