Plautus – 15 Quotes

15 Quotes by Plautus

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

– Plautus

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

– Plautus

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

– Plautus

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

– Plautus

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

– Plautus

Courage in danger is half the battle.

– Plautus

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

– Plautus

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

– Plautus

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.

– Plautus

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

– Plautus

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

– Plautus

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

– Plautus

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

– Plautus

You must spend money to make money.

– Plautus

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

– Plautus