Aesop
Every man for himself.Collection: Men
One story sounds good until another is toldCollection: Sound
The gods help them who help themselves.Collection: Self Esteem
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a cowardCollection: Giving
A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.Collection: Humanity
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.Collection: Gratitude
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.Collection: Political
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.Collection: Reality
He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.Collection: Hurt
It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute itCollection: Plans
Obscurity often brings safety.Collection: Safety
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.Collection: Reality
Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.Collection: Government
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.Collection: Fear
He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.Collection: Strife
Appearances often are deceiving.Collection: Wisdom
Equals make the best friends.Collection: Friendship
Every one is more or less master of his own fate.Collection: Fate
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.Collection: Succeed
You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil.Collection: Effort
It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.Collection: Wise
Every tale is not to be believed.Collection: Tales
Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.Collection: Life
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.Collection: Hurt
Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses bothCollection: Old Friends
The strong and the weak cannot keep company.Collection: Strong
Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.Collection: Wine
If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.Collection: Summer
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.Collection: Evil
Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.Collection: Life
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.Collection: Enemy
A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.Collection: Men
A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."Collection: Beautiful
It is useless attacking the insensible.Collection: Reality
Appearances are deceptive.Collection: Appearance
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.Collection: Gratitude
Good things come in small packages.Collection: Humility
There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.Collection: Summer
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?Collection: Friendship
We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.Collection: Decision
Better poverty without care, than riches with.Collection: Care
Appearances may be deceiving.Collection: Educational
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.Collection: Home
We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.Collection: Relationship
The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.Collection: Delay
Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the windowCollection: Doors
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.Collection: Peace
It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'Collection: Life
Put your shoulder to the wheel.Collection: Life