Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius, astronomer - not the famous Manilius of...
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.