Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)

Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

Fire is next akin to smoke.

Fire is next akin to smoke.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]