Publilius Syrus Quotes

A friendship that can end never really began

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

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

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

What is left when honor is lost?

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

In quarreling the truth is always lost

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

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

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

The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.

Practice is the best of all instructors

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

Debt is the slavery of the free

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.