Who on Earth is Publilius Syrus?

“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”

“Debt is the slavery of the free.”

“Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”

“Each day is the scholar of yesterday.”

“Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”

“Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”

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

“He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.”

“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”

“I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.”

“If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.”

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

“In quarreling, the truth is always lost.”

“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”

“It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.”

“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”

“It is better to learn late than never.”

“It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.”

“It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.”

“It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.”

“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”

“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”

“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”

“Love’s wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.”

“Never promise more than you can perform.”

“Never thrust your own sickle into another’s corn.”

“No man is happy unless he believes he is.”

“No one knows what he can do till he tries.”

“Pain forces even the innocent to lie.”

“Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.”

“Practice is the best of all instructors.”

“Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.”

“Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.”

“Speech is a mirror of the soul: As a man speaks, so is he.”

“Take care that no one hates you justly.”

“The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.”

“The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.”

“There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.”

“To do two things at once is to do neither.”

“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”

“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”

“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”

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

“You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.”

“You should not live one way in private, another in public.”