Plautus

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

Flying without feathers is not easy my wings have no feathers.

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

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated even when most on his guard.

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

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

Flight without feathers is not easy.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.

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

Every one can remember that which has interested himself.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

If you are content you have enough to live comfortably.

No guest is so welcome in a friends house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person