Publilius Syrus Quotes

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

Never promise more than you can perform.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

Equanimity is calamity's medicine.

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

If life is merely a joke, the question still remains: for whose amusement? No one knows what he can do till he tries.

A rolling stone can gather no moss.

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

Death laughs when old women frolic.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. -David Richo A rolling stone can gather no moss

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.

Apathy borders upon folly.

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.