Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi. [Your worst enemies are those whose faces are cheerful while their hearts are bitter.]
~ in Hypobolimaeus
Vivas ut possis quando nec quis ut velis. [Live as you can since you cannot live as you would.]
~ in Plocium
Serit arbores quae saeclo prosint alteri. [He plants trees to be useful to another generation.]
~ in Synephebi
Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.
Tacitast melior mulier semper quam loquens. [A woman is always worth more seen than heard.]
~ in Rudens -1114
Quem di diligunt adulescens moritur, dum valet sentit sapit. [He whom the gods love dies young, while he has strength and senses and wits.
~ in Bacchides, -816
“What shall I do with my books?” was the question; and the answer “Read them” sobered the questioner.
But if you cannot read them, at any rate handle them and, as it were, fondle them. Peer into them. Let them fall open where they will. Read on from the very first sentence that arrests the eye. Then turn to another. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas. . . . Arrange them on your own plan, so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. If they cannot be your friends, let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition. Read more
