Aesop (620 BC-560 BC) quotes

• A crust eaten in peace is better then a banquet partaken in anxiety.
• A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
• Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
• After all is said and done, more is said then done.
• Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
• Appearances are often deceiving.
• Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
• He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
• Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
• The gods help them that help themselves.
• The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
• The unhappy, derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
• United we stand, divided we fall.
• We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.