Quotes By Publilius Syrus

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

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

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

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

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

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

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

He who spares the bad injures the good.

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

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Never promise more than you can perform.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

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