Quotes By Publilius Syrus

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

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

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

What is left when honor is lost?

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.