Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers..
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction..
Conquered, we conquer..
Without feathers it isn't easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers. [Lat., Sine pennis volare hau facilest: meae alae pennas non habent.] [Alt., Fl….
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture..
Never speak ill of an absent friend..
Riches, rightly used, breed delight..
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..
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole..
Practice yourself what you preach..
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master's doing..
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired..
Not every age is fit for childish sports..
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us..
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish..
Fortune moulds and circumscribes human affairs as she pleases. [Lat., Fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet.].
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.].
It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy..
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.].