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.

Quote by Titus Maccius Plautus

Topics: Death Quotes

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift...

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift...

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

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.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

No blessing lasts forever.

No blessing lasts forever.

No man is wise enough by himself.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason...

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason...

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a...

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a...

A word to the wise is enough.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

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

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

Where there are friends there is wealth.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

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.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

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...

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.