Aesop
The more honor, the more danger.Collection: Honor
What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.Collection: Sticks
The memory of a good deed lives.Collection: Memories
Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.Collection: Yield
Slow but steady wins the race.Collection: Winning
Being a good example teaches others to be good.Collection: Example
Kindness effects more than severity.Collection: Kindness
Each person has his strong point.Collection: Strong
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.Collection: No Friends
Persuasion is better than force.Collection: Life
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.Collection: Fake Friends
Facts speak plainer than wordsCollection: Facts
Adversity tests the sincerity of friendsCollection: Adversity
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.Collection: Education
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.Collection: Happiness
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.Collection: Real
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.Collection: Farewell
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the mostCollection: Hurt
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.Collection: Happiness
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.Collection: Men
To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.Collection: War
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.Collection: Strength
Little by little does the trick.Collection: Wisdom
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a foolCollection: Silly
The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.Collection: Loss
Most arguments are useless.Collection: Life
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.Collection: Life
One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.Collection: Complaining
Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappinessCollection: Kindness
If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.Collection: Life
The more you want, the more you stand to loseCollection: Want
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.Collection: Men
Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.Collection: Character
It pays to be prepared.Collection: Wise
Wise men say nothing in dangerous timesCollection: Life
You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.Collection: Honesty
Liars often set their own traps.Collection: Liars
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.Collection: Fame
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.Collection: Pain
Vices are their own punishmentCollection: Life
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.Collection: Life
He that has many friends, has no friends.Collection: No Friends
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.Collection: Kindness
Wealth unused might as well not exist.Collection: Might
None but those who work are entitled to eat.Collection: Work
Implementation beats oration.Collection: Work
What a splendid head, yet no brain.Collection: Brain
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.Collection: Life
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.Collection: Fear