Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.].
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home..
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need..
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing..
All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it..
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt..
He who dies for virtue does not perish..
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble..
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity..
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt..
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost..
He can do most who has most power..
To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve..
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward..
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words..
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard..
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.].
Worthy things happen to the worthy..
It well becomes a young man to be modest..
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.].
A mouse relies not solely on one hole..