Quotes from Publilius Syrus

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

It is bad advice that cannot be altered.

Never promise more than you can perform.

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

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Death laughs when old women frolic.

To die at the command of another is to die twice.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

A friendship that can end, never really began.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

The poor lack much, the greedy everything.

The swiftest despatch seems slow to desire.

Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

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

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of God, not by their intrinsical goodness, but by the reluctancy and opposition which they find in their hearts