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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8527 Plautus 254-184 BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8527
AUTHOR:Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.)
QUOTATION:Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Epidicus. Act iii. Sc. 3, 44. (425.)
 
Note 1.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.—Hazlitt: English Proverbs. [back]