Publilius Syrus Quotes

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

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

Wine has drowned more than the sea.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

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

The little vices of the great must needs be accounted very great.

Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.

When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig.

When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.

The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.

Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

The wretched reflect either too much or too little.

Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.

You should not live one way in private, another in public.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

The honied tongue hath its poison.

Not every question deserves an answer.

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.

Man has been lent, not given, to life.

We may with advantage at times forget what we know.

Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.

An angry lover tells himself many lies.

An evil gain equals a loss.

Excessive severity misses its own aim.

No tears are shed when an enemy dies.

Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.

Suspicion is ever strong on the suffering side.

In every enterprise consider where you would come out.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

The power of habit is very strong.

Friendship is stronger than kindred.

That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy.

To-day is the pupil of yesterday

The swiftest despatch seems slow to desire.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.

A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.

He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.

There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.