20 THE SAYINGS OF PUBLIUS SYRUS.
101.
Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.
102.
Mercy shown [to the wretched] may become a bulwark of defense.
103.
Happy is the voyage that brings the good together.
104.
A good reputation, even in darkness, keeps on shining.
105.
A death that ends the [incurable] ills of life, is a blessing.
106.
Money is worth something when good sense disburses it.
107.
One man's happy hour is another's bitter time of trial.
108.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
109.
We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.
110.
It is a happy disgrace that saves from a greater peril.
111.
The slothful enjoyment of it, is the worst part of prosperity.
112.
Even in death, a good man would not deceive.
113.
To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.
114.
The more skillfully the language of goodness is assumed, the greater the depravity.
115.
A good man's severity is next neighbor to justice.
