Publilius Syrus
» Advice » “Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.”
» Advice » “It is bad advice that cannot be changed.”
» Ambition » “If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.”
» Anger » “An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.”
» Association » “To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one’s self.”
» Caution » “It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”
» Change » “A rolling stone can gather no moss.”
» Confession » “To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.”
» Confidence » “Confidence is the bond of friendship.”
» Courage » “No one reaches a high position without daring.”
» Custom » “The empire of custom is most mighty.”
» Decisions » “That should be considered long which can be decided but once.”
» Disappointments » “The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.”
» Education » “It is only the ignorant who despise education.”
» Enemies » “It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.”
» Eyes » “The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.”
» Fathers » “An angry father is most cruel toward himself.”
» Favors » “When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.”
» Favors » “To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.”
» Favors » “The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.”
» Fear » “Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
» Fortune » “Fortune is like glass–the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”
» Fraud » “It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.”
» Gossip » “Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.”
» Gratitude » “One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people.”
» Greatness » “Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”
» Hatred » “Take care that no one hates you justly.”
» Hatred » “There is no medicine to cure hatred.”
» Honor » “No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.”
» Honor » “He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.”
» Ignorance » “Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
» Ingratitude » “One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.”
» Innocence » “If you would live innocently, seek solitude.”
» Integrity » “It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.”
» Interviews » “It is not every question that deserves an answer.”
» Judgment and Judges » “A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.”
» Justice » “He who spares the bad injures the good.”
» Justice » “They do injury to the good who spares the bad.”
» Kindness » “It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.”
» Kindness » “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”
» Law and Lawyers » “The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.”
» Lies and Lying » “Pain forces even the innocent to lie.”
» Medicine » “Some remedies are worse than the disease.”
» Mind » “He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.”
» Misfortunes » “Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.”
» Mistakes » “From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.”
» Necessity » “Necessity knows no law except to conquer.”
» Opportunity » “Opportunity is lost by deliberation.”
» Pain » “Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.”
» Pain » “The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.”
» Past » “The next day is never so good as the day before.”
» Patience » “Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.”
» Planning » “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”
» Possibilities » “No one knows what he can do till he tries.”
» Power » “A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.”
» Praise » “Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.”
» Procrastination » “All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.”
» Prosperity » “Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”
» Prudence » “Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.”
» Remedies » “There are some remedies worse than the disease.”
» Right and Rightness » “You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.”
» Risk » “Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”
» Silence » “Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
» Silence » “I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.”
» Society » “Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.”
» Speech » “Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.”
» Success » “A man’s own character is the arbiter of his fortune.”
» Thrift » “The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.”
» Value » “Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.”
» Variety » “The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.”
» Vice » “Every vice has its excuse ready.”
» Vigilance » “He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.”
» Wisdom » “The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.”
» Work » “At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man’s work.”
» Wrong » “The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.”
