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.

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.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

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.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

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

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

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

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.

A rolling stone can gather no moss.

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

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

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

Death laughs when old women frolic.

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

It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

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

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief

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

Practice is the best of all instructors.

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

Apathy borders upon folly.

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

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

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.

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

It is better to learn late than never.