Publilius Syrus
Publilius Syrus, a Latin writer of mimes, flourished in the 1st century BC He was a native of Assyria and Assyrian by race, he was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
Necessitas dat legem non ipsa accipit.
Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what it has not.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.
Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.
Be your money's master, not its slave.
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
What is left when honor is lost?
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.