294 Quotes by Plautus

I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]

Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.

You drown him by your talk.

It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.

The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]

The stronger always succeeds.

If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.