Publilius Syrus: Quotes
Advice
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
Appearance
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
Companionship
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Cruelty
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
Disaster
Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
Fortune and Chance
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Greed
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
Happiness
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Justice
The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted.
Life
Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.
Necessity
Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it.
Opportunity
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
Plans
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Questions
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Silence
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Sleep
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
Speech and Speakers
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Value
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
