Publilius Syrus Quotes - Page 14

Friendship either finds or makes equals.

He who fears his servants is less than a servant.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

He who injures one man threatens many.

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

It is sometimes wise to forget who we are.

Solitude is the mother of anxieties.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Death is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old.

A pleasant traveling companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

No one know what he can do till he tries.

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

There is no medicine to cure hatred.

It's a bad plan that can't be changed.

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

With little loan you get a friend, with big loan an enemy.

He who spares the bad injures the good.

No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.