About Publilius Syrus: Publilius Syrus is often presented by manuscripts (and some printed editions) in corrupt form as 'Publius'.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
We die as often as we lose a friend.
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
The poor lack much, the greedy everything.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
