Quotes from Terence

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.

So many men, so many opinions

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.

I am a man: nothing human is alien to me.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

There are vicissitudes in all things.

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

So many men, so many opinions; every one his own way.

Hence these tears.

He is wise who tries everything before arms.

Fortune helps the brave.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.

The anger of lovers renews their love.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.