549 Quotes by Publilius Syrus

Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it

Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

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

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently

Wine has drowned more than the sea.

He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

Fortune, when she caresses a man too much, makes him a fool