Plautus Quotes - Page 9

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils. [Lat., E malis multis, malum, quod minimum est, id minimum est malum.]

Badly gotten, badly spent. [Lat., Male partum, male disperit.]

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.

It is easy to rule over the good.

The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.

Flame is very near to smoke.

If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.

It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.

The sea is certainly common to all.

Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.

This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]

A mouse relies not solely on one hole.

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all.

Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.