Publilius Syrus

“It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.”

“Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”

“Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.”

“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”

“The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.”

“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.”

“An angry father is most cruel towards himself.”

“The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.”

“The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.”

“We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.”

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

“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”

“The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.”

“A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.”

“The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.”

“Practice is the best of all instructors.”

“Take care that no one hates you justly.”

“The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.”

“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”

“A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.”