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• When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 275...
• Fortune is like glass,--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 280...
• Keep the golden mean -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 1072
• Never promise more than you can perform. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 528
• A good reputation is more valuable than money. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 108
• The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 511
• Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 274
• His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 283
• Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 911