Publilius Syrus

Never promise more than you can perform.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

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

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

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

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

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

Each day should be passed as though it were our last.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.