No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
…convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.
No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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.
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.
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.
The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?
I don’t mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.
United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
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.
Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.
The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.