I can attest to the truth of this proverb: amici fures temporum, which means friends (are) the thieves of time. These wise words are attributed to the eminent Elizabethan and Jacobian Sir Francis Bacon in his 1605 book The Advancement and Proficience of Learning Divine and Humane.
Amici is the nominative plural of amicus, -i (m), which means friend, and fures is the nominative plural of fur, furis (c) which means thief. Temporum is the genitive plural of tempus, -i which means time.
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