37 Quotes by Petronius

He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed

Heaven is equally distant everywhere.

I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.

The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.