Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

In quarreling the truth is always lost

In quarreling the truth is always lost

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

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

Practice is the best of all instructors

Practice is the best of all instructors

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

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

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

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

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

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

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

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

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

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

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..

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...

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus...

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus...

Where there is unity there is always victory.

Where there is unity there is always victory.