He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. Plautus More Quotes by Plautus More Quotes From Plautus Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. Plautus true-friend best-friend friendship It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. Plautus digging thirst water Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus wedding happy-birthday anniversary Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish. Plautus wish happens Where there are friends there is wealth. Plautus real-friends relationship friendship It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it. Plautus wisdom thinking Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. Plautus guilt mind men Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Plautus be-patient wisdom patience I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within. Plautus jewels beauty character A woman without paint is like food without salt. Plautus salt without-pain paint No man is wise enough by himself. Plautus wisdom teamwork wise Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Plautus overcoming evil courage The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble. Plautus inspirational men funny I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. Plautus dowry wife taken Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them. Plautus blessing lost men He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound. Plautus judging love death In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. Plautus excess trouble men The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money. Plautus money success life The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture. Plautus venture business men That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one. Plautus favors return men
