Virtue is the highest reward. Virtue truly goes before all things. Liberty, safety, life, property, parents, country, and children are protected and preserved. Virtue has all things in herself; he who has virtue has all things that are good attending him.

Plautus

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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a... by Plautus

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

true-friend best-friend friendship

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is ma... by Plautus

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

digging thirst water

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. by Plautus

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

wedding happy-birthday anniversary

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

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

wish happens

Where there are friends there is wealth. by Plautus

Where there are friends there is wealth.

real-friends relationship friendship

It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it. by Plautus

It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.

wisdom thinking

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guil... by Plautus

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

guilt mind men

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. by Plautus

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

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.

jewels beauty character

A woman without paint is like food without salt. by Plautus

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

salt without-pain paint

No man is wise enough by himself. by Plautus

No man is wise enough by himself.

wisdom teamwork wise

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

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

overcoming evil courage

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

inspirational men funny

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. by Plautus

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.

dowry wife taken

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost th... by Plautus

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

blessing lost men

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his... by Plautus

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

judging love death

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bri... by Plautus

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.

excess trouble men

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase thes... by Plautus

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

money success life

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich m... by Plautus

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

venture business men

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not h... by Plautus

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

favors return men