"The Latin Lady"

There is this older lady that frequently is a substitute in my school district. I'm pretty sure every student here knows of her. Her nickname? "The Latin Lady." As you might have guessed, she loves Latin, and before doing what the sub notes tell her to do, she writes a Latin quote of some kind on the board and eventually tells us what it means, usually after we struggle to decipher it.

I personally like her as a sub, though she can get a bit cranky. I love Latin, though I am very, very far from being fluent. I know a few phrases and words. I plan on taking it in college.

She was my Psychology class' substitute today. She wrote this on the board: "Gravioro quaedam sunt remedia periculis." Apparently, it translates to "Some remedies are worse than the danger." Which is actually true, if you think about it.

For instance, back in ancient times, and through the middle ages, one common way to get rid of an illness was through "bleeding"; using leeches or cutting. People sometimes died from the blood loss if they were being bled too much at once or too often. I assume that they could have also gotten infections and such from the open wounds. They would have been better off ridng the sickness out!