Publilius Syrus Quotes

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

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

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

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas