Publilius Syrus Quotes

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what it has not.

Success makes some crimes honorable.

A beautiful face is a silent commendation.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

What happens to one man may happen to all.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.

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

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

By doing nothing men learn to do ill.

Either be silent or say something better than silence.