I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper.

I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper.
-- Terence (185-159 BC)
-- Act v, Sc. 7, 4, (1028.)

I took to my heels as fast as I could. -- Terence (185-159 BC) -
Act v, Sc. 2, 5, (844...
Fortune helps the brave. -- Terence (185-159 BC) -
Phormio, Act i, Sc. 4, 25, (203...
This is a wise maxim, "to take warning from others of what may be to your own advantage." -
Terence (185-159 BC) -- Heautontimoroumenos, Act i...
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't;
when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their...
What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain.
Terence (185-159 BC) -- Adelphoe, Act v, Sc. 3, 30...
As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears. -
Terence (185-159 BC) -- Phormio, Act iii, Sc. 2, 21...
Hence these tears. -- Terence (185-159 BC) -- Act i,
Sc. 1, 99, (126...
I did not care one straw. -- Terence (185-159 BC) -
Act iii, Sc. 1, 21, (411...
It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined. --
Terence (185-159 BC) -- Act i, Sc. 1, 9, (54...