Publilius Syrus Quotes

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

When you are at sea, keep clear of the land.

What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?

He who spares the bad injures the good.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Even one hair has a shadow.

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.

It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.

A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as poverty of what it has not.

In love, anger is always false.

We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Successful guilt is the bane of society

He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

A homely woman is one of the most comely of apes.

Where there is unity, there is the victory.

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.

Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.

Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own.

If you can walk, you can run.

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

Wise man also fears a weak enemy.

A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Each day should be passed as though it were our last.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.