Publilius Syrus

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

— Publilius Syrus

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Either be silent or say something better than silence.

— Publilius Syrus

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

— Publilius Syrus

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.

— Publilius Syrus

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

— Publilius Syrus

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

— Publilius Syrus

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

— Publilius Syrus

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

— Publilius Syrus

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

— Publilius Syrus

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

— Publilius Syrus

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

— Publilius Syrus

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

— Publilius Syrus

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

— Publilius Syrus

He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

— Publilius Syrus

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

— Publilius Syrus

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

— Publilius Syrus

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

— Publilius Syrus

Receive an injury rather than do one.

— Publilius Syrus

We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.

— Publilius Syrus

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

— Publilius Syrus

There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.

— Publilius Syrus

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

— Publilius Syrus

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

— Publilius Syrus

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

— Publilius Syrus

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.

— Publilius Syrus

A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.

— Publilius Syrus

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

— Publilius Syrus

Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.

— Publilius Syrus

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

— Publilius Syrus

He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.

— Publilius Syrus

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.

— Publilius Syrus

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

— Publilius Syrus

Have courage, or cunning, when you deal with an enemy.

— Publilius Syrus

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

— Publilius Syrus

What happens to one man may happen to all.

— Publilius Syrus

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

— Publilius Syrus

For him who loves labor, there is always something to do.

— Publilius Syrus

Solitude is the mother of anxieties.

— Publilius Syrus

Even a single hair casts its shadow.

— Publilius Syrus

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

— Publilius Syrus

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

— Publilius Syrus

We may with advantage at times forget what we know.

— Publilius Syrus

Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.

— Publilius Syrus

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

— Publilius Syrus

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

— Publilius Syrus

What is left when honor is lost?

— Publilius Syrus

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

— Publilius Syrus

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

— Publilius Syrus

When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.

— Publilius Syrus

His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.

— Publilius Syrus

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

— Publilius Syrus

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

— Publilius Syrus

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

— Publilius Syrus

It is better to learn late than never.

— Publilius Syrus

Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.

— Publilius Syrus

By doing nothing men learn to do ill.

— Publilius Syrus

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

— Publilius Syrus

Success makes some crimes honorable.

— Publilius Syrus

When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.

— Publilius Syrus

No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.

— Publilius Syrus

To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

— Publilius Syrus

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

— Publilius Syrus

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

— Publilius Syrus

Practice is the best of all instructors.

— Publilius Syrus

A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.

— Publilius Syrus

He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.

— Publilius Syrus

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Never promise more than you can perform.

— Publilius Syrus

No one should be judge in his own cause.

— Publilius Syrus

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

— Publilius Syrus

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

— Publilius Syrus

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

— Publilius Syrus

Don't turn back when you are just at the goal.

— Publilius Syrus

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

— Publilius Syrus

He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.

— Publilius Syrus

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

— Publilius Syrus

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

— Publilius Syrus

Be your money's master, not its slave.

— Publilius Syrus

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

— Publilius Syrus

We should provide in peace what we need in war.

— Publilius Syrus

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

— Publilius Syrus

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

— Publilius Syrus

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

— Publilius Syrus

They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.

— Publilius Syrus

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

— Publilius Syrus

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

— Publilius Syrus