Quotes from Publilius Syrus
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
- Publilius Syrus
We must master our good fortune or it will master us.
- Publilius Syrus
Happy the man who dies before he prays for death.
- Publilius Syrus
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
- Publilius Syrus
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
- Publilius Syrus
There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.
- Publilius Syrus
Take care that no one hates you justly.
- Publilius Syrus
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
- Publilius Syrus
Always shun whatever may make you angry.
- Publilius Syrus
Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.
- Publilius Syrus
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
- Publilius Syrus
There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.
- Publilius Syrus