Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Quote by Titus Maccius Plautus

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

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

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.

You must spend money to make money

You must spend money to make money

Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

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

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

Your wealth is where your friends are.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a...

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a...

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the...

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the...

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but...

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but...