The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus - Part 3

Here’s part 3 of The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus:

• When a wise man conquers himself, his conquest is worth something.
• It matters not how long you live but how well.
• You are eloquent enough if truth speaks through you.
• Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
• The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
• The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
• Glory is apt to follow when industry has prepared the road.
• We rarely incur danger by silence.
• Either be silent, or say something better than silence.
• The service is twofold greater when it is promptly rendered.
• Do not be too hasty in accusing, or approving any one.
• Reason avails nothing when passion has the mastery.
• You should not lead one life in private and another in public.
• Money is a servant if you know how to use it; if not, it is a master.
• I have-often regretted my speech, never my silence.
• Keep the golden mean, between saying too much and too little.
• Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
• Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.