Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed..
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris, Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.].
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you..
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it..
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it. [Non enim potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat.].
Let not your expenditure exceed your income..
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold..
A woman smells well when she smells of nothing..
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest..
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell..
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.].
Let deeds match words..
Let deeds correspond with words. [Lat., Dictis facta suppetant.].
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, ….
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary..
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in..
I suspect that hunger was my mother..
The sea is certainly common to all..
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate..
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense..
Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.].