Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Never promise more than you can perform.

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

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

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

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on...

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on...

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

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

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

The fear of death is more to be dreaded then fear itself.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded then fear itself.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

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

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

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

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

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done...

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success....

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success....