It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

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.

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

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

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.

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.

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.

Please all, and you will please none.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

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

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.

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.

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

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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

Plodding wins the race.

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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.

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.

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

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

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

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

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

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

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

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

Adventure is worthwhile.

The gods help them that help themselves.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Familiarity breeds contempt.