Quotes from Publilius Syrus

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

The better the gambler, the worse the man.

It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.

When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.

Frugality is misery in disguise.

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

Necessity knows no law except to prevail.

A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.

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

You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

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

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.