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.
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.
Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas.
Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.
Never promise more than you can perform.
Honesta fama melior pecunia est.
Even a single hair casts its shadow.
Practice is the best of all instructors.
Fortuna uitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur.
He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.
Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
What is left when honor is lost?
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
Be your money's master, not its slave.