Publilius Syrus Quotations | Page 4

Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.

Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

Union gives strength to the humble.

A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.

The wretched reflect either too much or too little.

The little vices of the great must needs be accounted very great.

Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.

Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?

Excessive severity misses its own aim.