Plautus on Love
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“Auro contra cedo modestum amatorem.
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.”
“Qui amat, tamen hercle si esurit, nullum esurit.
He that is in love, faith, if he be hungry, is not hungry at all.”
“Qui in amore præcipitavit pejus perit, quam si saxo saliat.
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.”
“Amor et melle et felle est fœcundissimus: Gustu dat dulce, amarum ad satietatem usque aggerit.
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.”