18 THE SAYINGS OF PUBLIUS SYRUS
71.
No amount of gain satisfies Avarice.
72.
The [rich] miser suffers more from a loss than a [poor] sage.
73.
Avarice is the source of its own sorrows.
74.
The avaricious man's best deed is his death.
75.
Greediness ill-becomes any one; least of all, an old man.
76.
A well-planned project often turns out ill.
77.
He sleeps well, who knows not that he sleeps ill.
78.
It is well to yield up a pleasure, when a pain goes with it.
79.
The guilty man deserves to lose the money with which he would bride the judge.
80.
Happy he who died when death was desirable.
81.
A good reputation is a second patrimony.
82.
We make the nearest approaches to the gods in our good deeds.
83.
No one but a knave or a fool thinks a good deed thrown away.
84.
The more benefits bestowed, the more received.
85.
Never forget a received; be quick to forget a favor bestowed.
