Aesop

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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

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

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

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

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

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

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

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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

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

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.