Aesop Quotes
Slow but steady wins the race.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Appearances are often deceiving.
The gods help them that help themselves.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Please all, and you will please none.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Vices are their own punishment.
