Quotes from Syrus

Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.

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

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.

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

We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

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

No good man ever became suddenly rich.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

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

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.

A woman either loves or hates: she knows no medium.