Publilius Syrus
81 quotations
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
A rolling stone can gather no moss.
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.