Aesop

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

One good turn deserves another.

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.

Vices are their own punishment.

In union there is strength.

One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.

Easier said than done.

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

Implementation beats oration.

He who laughs last, laughs best.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted

Don't believe everything you hear.

Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what he gets if he loses both.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is easy to be brave from a distance.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

In a crisis, give help first and then advice.

United we stand; divided we fall.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Union gives strength.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

Enemies promises were made to be broken.

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Good things come in small packages.

The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

It pays to be prepared.

Please all, and you will please none.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Dont pretend to be something you arent.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Dont let your special character and values the secret that you know and no one else does the truth dont let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

Each person has his strong point.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Little by little does the trick.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

Persuasion is better than force.

Destroy the seed of evil or it will grow up to your ruin.

Better to starve free than be a fat slave.

You can fool people some of the time but you cant fool them all of the time.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Obscurity often brings safety.

He that is hard to please may get nothing in the end.

Plodding wins the race.

Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

Pride goes before destruction.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Avoid a cure that is worse than the disease.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Little friends may prove great friends.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Example is the best precept.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Please all and you will soon please none.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Liars often set their own traps.

Obscurity brings safety.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

All of us the great and the little have need of each other.

It pays to be content with your lot.

Give assistance not advice in a crisis.

Every tale is not to be believed.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

False friends leave you in times of trouble.

No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't go looking for trouble.

It is useless attacking the insensible.

Fine feathers dont make fine birds.

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Adventure is worthwhile.