To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just. — Plautus Copy Share Image
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire… — Plautus Copy Share Image
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. — Plautus Copy Share Image
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy… — Plautus Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do. — Plautus Copy Share Image
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble. — Plautus Copy Share Image
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you… — Plautus Copy Share Image
“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)” — Plautus Copy Share Image
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] — Plautus Copy Share Image