No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
More quotes from Titus Maccius Plautus
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Your wealth is where your friends are.
It is well for one to know more than he says.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
Conquered, we conquer.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
Let deeds match words.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
A word to the wise is enough.
You must spend money to make money.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
No blessing lasts forever.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
The evil that we know is best.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
How great in number are the little minded men.
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Where there are friends there is wealth.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.