Aphorisms quotes

Discover timeless wisdom in our collection of aphorisms, short yet profound sayings that encapsulate life's truths. Explore concise words of wisdom, thought-provoking insights, and meaningful reflections that will inspire and guide you on your journey.

The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.

- Publilius Syrus

Speech is a mirror of the soul: As a man speaks, so is he.

- Publilius Syrus

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

- Publilius Syrus

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

- Publilius Syrus

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

- Publilius Syrus

No man is happy unless he believes he is.

- Publilius Syrus

Never thrust your own sickle into another’s corn.

- Publilius Syrus

Love’s wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.

- Publilius Syrus

In quarreling, the truth is always lost.

- Publilius Syrus

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

- Publilius Syrus

Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

- Publilius Syrus

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

- Publilius Syrus

Debt is the slavery of the free.

- Publilius Syrus

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

- Publilius Syrus

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

- Publilius Syrus

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

- Francis Bacon

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

- Francis Bacon

Practice is the best of all instructors.

- Publilius Syrus

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

- Christian Nestell Bovee

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

- Publilius Syrus

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

- Mason Cooley

An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.

- Mason Cooley

Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.

- Mason Cooley

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

- Mason Cooley

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

- Mason Cooley

Take care that no one hates you justly.

- Publilius Syrus

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

- Publilius Syrus

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

- Publilius Syrus

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

- Anatole Broyard

Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.

- Mason Cooley