Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

IItIPUBLILIUS SYRUSThe bold detVat danger before meeting it.He isfor ever victor who employs clemency.One's tabledoes.receives more friends than one's heartis ^^•isdom to lose one's temper late and then oncefor all.To the man who made you famous give the credit ofwhat you are.'Tis penalty enough when the offender comes onhis knees.Think right what helps, though right it may not be.Power to harm once learned is remembered when thechance comes.5 He who dreads disaster rarely meets it.How '^^Tetched to long for death yet fail to dieThe pleader for innocence iseloquent enough.If a man takes to coaxing when he feels the smart, itis \\'isdom learned too late.The dreaded thing happens sooner than you mightexpect.Greed contemplates what it wishes, not what befits.^2* quicquid Meyer.^^^ contumeliam raro Spengel, Meyer.87