AnkhMorpork 
 The Guilds
 

The Alchemist's Guild

 
OMNIS QVI CORVSCAT EST OR -- All That Glitters Is Gold 

For four hundred years the alchemists have been searching for a way to turn lead into gold, although all they have succeeded in doing is turning gold into less gold. Their experiments frequently explode and the guild house has been rebuilt many times... 
 

The Alchemist's Guild is opposite the Gambler's Guild. Usually. Sometimes it's above it, or below it, or falling in bits around it.
     -- (Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms)

More resent experiments produced an ivory substitute which resulted in a eventful if deadly game of pool, and a method of producing moving pictures which not only had a tendency to explode but also cause a tear in the fabric of reality.

 

The Assassin's Guild

 
NIL MORTIFII SINE LVCRE -- No Killing Without Pay 

All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed. 

     -- (Terry Pratchett, Pyramids) 
 


The Fools' Guild

 
DICO, DICO, DICO -- I Say, I Say, I Say

The Gambler's Guild

 
EXCRETVS EX FORTVNA -- Loosely speaking: 'Really out of luck'

Seamstresses' Guild

 
NIL VOLVPTI, SINE LVCRE -- No Pleasure Without Pay

The Thieves' Guild

 
ACVTVS ID VERBERAT -- It Beats Working 

Other Guilds

 The Baker's Guild 

 The Bandit's Guild 

 The Beggar's Guild (Fellowship of Beggars) 
      MONETA SVPERVACANEA, MAGISTER -- Spare Change, Guv'? 

 The Conjuror's Guild 
      NVNC ILLE EST MAGICVS -- Now That's Magic (Catch-phrase of British 
 magician Paul Daniels) 

 The Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibbles (one member) 

 The Dog Guild 

 The Embalmer's Guild (Guild of Embalers and Allied Traders) 
      FARCIMINI -- Stuff It! 

 The Engraver's Guild 
      NON QVOD MANEAT, SED QVOD ADIMIMVS -- Not What Remains, But What We Take Away 

 (The Firefighter's Guild, disbanded since housekeepers who didn't pay them happened to 
 get their houses burnt down.) 

  The Glassblower's Guild 

 The Haberdasher's Guild 

 The Handelmen's Guild (probably disbanded) 

 The Lawyer's Guild 
      LVECRE SERMAT -- Money Talks 

 The Merchant's and Trader's Guild: 
      VILIS AD BIS PRETII -- Cheap At Twice The Price 

 The Musician's Guild: 
      ID MVRMVRATIS, ID LVDAMVS -- You Hum It, We'll Play It 

 The Plumber's Guild (Fully: The Guild of Plumbers and Dunnikindivers): 
      NON ANTE SEPTEM DIES PROXIMA, SQVIRI -- Not Before Next Week, Squire 

 The Priests', Sacerdotes' and Occult Intermediaries' Guild 

 Rat-Catcher's Guild 
 
Smuggler's Guild 

 The Stripper's Guild: 
      NVNQVAM VESTIMVS -- Never Clothed 

 Teacher's Guild