Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty..
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money..
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish..
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o'er..
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble..
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.].
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers..
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you..
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough..
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..
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.].
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat., Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem.].
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.].
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate..
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it..
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.].
To make any gain some outlay is necessary..
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame..
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within..
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception..
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope..