Quotes from Aesop

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

The memory of a good deed lives.

Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

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

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.

What are blessings in freedom are curses in slavery.

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

If you were foolish enough to sing all summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Do not attempt too much at once.

Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what he gets if he loses both.

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

Be satisfied with what you have.

No argument will give courage to the coward.

The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.

Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.

A word in season is most precious.

Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

Little liberties are great offenses.