Aesop Quotes - Page 5

Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

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

A false tale often betrays itself.

Little friends may prove great friends.

It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

Every man should be content to mind his own business.

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Example is the best precept.

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

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

Appearances often are deceiving.

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

Be satisfied with what you have.

Every man for himself.

Obscurity often brings safety.

Don't make much ado about nothing.

Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.