The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

"There is more venom than truth in the words of envy."

"The rancor of envy is concealed, but is none the less hostile."

"To withstand the assaults of envy, you must be either a hero or a saint."

"Shun an angry man for a moment — your enemy forever."

"Anger thinks crime justifiable."

"Every word of an angry man conveys a reproach."

"When the angry man grows cool, he is angry with himself."

"Anger is apt to forget the existence of law."

"The Law keeps her eye on the angry man, when he does not see the Law."

"He who chases two hares will catch neither."

"He who lives in solitude may make his own laws."

"A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it."

"Mighty rivers may easily be leaped at their source."

"Hard to bear is the poverty which follows misuse of riches."

"It is bad management when we suffer fortune to be our guide."

"They live ill who expect to live always."

"He who is bent on doing evil, can never want occasion."

"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."

"He should be called bad, who is good only for selfish ends."

"He will become wicked himself, who feasts with the wicked."

"Fear, and not kindness, restrains the vicious."

"The master who fears his slave, is the greater slave."

"To depend on another's nod for a livelihood, is a sad destiny."

"Methinks you are unhappy, if you never have been so."

"Delay is always vexatious, but it is wisdom's opportunity."

"Understand your friend's character, but do not hate it."

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

"Every thing which has birth, must pay tribute to death."

"We should bear our destiny, not weep over it."

"Avarice never lacks a reason for refusing a favor."

"No one should be judge in his own cause."

"Be the first to laugh at your own blunder, and no one will laugh at you."

"Depravity is its own greatest punishment."

"Fortune takes nothing away but her own gifts."

"There is no more shameful sight, than an old man commencing life."

"The truth is lost when there is too much contention about it."

"It is only the ignorant who despise education."

"It is vain to be the pupil of a sage if you have no brains yourself."

"He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one."

"Do not despise the lowest steps in the ascent to greatness."

"He is not likely to perish in the ruins who trembles at a crack in the wall."

"To control a man against his will, is not to correct him, but injure him."

"That is not yours which fortune made yours."

"You will find it difficult to be sole guardian over that which multitudes covet."

"He bids fair to grow wise, who has discovered that he is not so."

"Don't consider how many you can please, but whom."

"It is not safe to indulge in a play of wits with kings."

"To yield to our friends is not to be overcome, but to conquer."

"There is no pleasure which continued enjoyment cannot render disgusting."

"Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours."