All Quotes by Publilius Syrus
“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.”
“Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.”
“Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what it has not.”
“The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.”
“Either be silent or say something better than silence.”
“It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.”
“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”
“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”
“Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.”
“The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.”
“He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.”
“Each day is the scholar of yesterday.”
“The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.”
“Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.”
“Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”
“Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.”
“Each day is the scholar of yesterday.”
“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
“He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.”
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
“Receive an injury rather than do one.”
“We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.”
“Every one excels in something in which another fails.”
“There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.”
“The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.”
“Confidence is the only bond of friendship.”
“Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.”
“The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.”
“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”
“When reason rules, money is a blessing.”
“Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.”
“He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.”
“He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.”
“To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.”
“Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.”
“Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”
“There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.”
“An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.”
“Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.”
“Many receive advice, few profit by it.”
“Have courage, or cunning, when you deal with an enemy.”
“Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.”
“What happens to one man may happen to all.”
“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”
“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”
“Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.”
“For him who loves labor, there is always something to do.”
“Solitude is the mother of anxieties.”
“Even a single hair casts its shadow.”
“Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.”
“It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.”
“We may with advantage at times forget what we know.”
“Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.”
“Even when there is no law, there is conscience.”
“You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”
“What is left when honor is lost?”
“A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.”
“Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.”
“When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”
“His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.”
“There are some remedies worse than the disease.”
“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”
“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”
“It is better to learn late than never.”
“Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.”
“By doing nothing men learn to do ill.”
“Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.”
“Success makes some crimes honorable.”
“When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”
“No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.”
“To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.”
“The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”
“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”
“Practice is the best of all instructors.”
“A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.”
“He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.”
“Never find your delight in another's misfortune.”
“The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”
“Never promise more than you can perform.”
“No one should be judge in his own cause.”
“Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.”
“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”
“An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.”
“Don't turn back when you are just at the goal.”
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
“He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.”
“Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”
“Money alone sets all the world in motion.”
“Be your money's master, not its slave.”
“It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”
“We should provide in peace what we need in war.”
“God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”
“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”
“No one knows what he can do till he tries.”
“They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.”
“Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.”
“Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”
“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”