Aesop

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

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

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

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

Little friends may prove great friends.

There is always someone worse off thanb yourself.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Appearances are deceiving.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

United we stand, divided we fall.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Please all, and you will please none.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

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