Publilius Syrus
Was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy.
- Some remedies are worse than the disease.
- The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
- A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
- Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- Never promise more than you can perform.
- How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
