Titus Maccius Plautus ( 254 ~ 184 )
No man is wise enough by himself.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
Word to the wise is enough.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels.
Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
The evil that we know is best.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Practice yourself what you preach.
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
'He means well' is useless unless he does well.
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word.
A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
A craft can only have meaning when it serves a spiritual way.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
Conquered, we conquer.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Where there are friends there is wealth.