Aesop

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop - The Goose with the Golden Eggs
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Aesop - The Jay and the Peacock
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Plodding wins the race.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Aesop - Hercules and the Wagoner
Put your shoulder to the wheel.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.

Look before you leap.
Aesop - The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Aesop - The Bundle of Sticks
Union gives strength.
Aesop - The Hare and the Tortoise
Slow and steady wins the race.
Aesop - The Dog in the Manger
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Aesop - The Fox and the Grapes
I am sure the grapes are sour.
Aesop - Hercules and the Wagoner
The gods help them that help themselves.
Aesop - The Dog and the Shadow
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop - The Frog and the Ox
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

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

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Aesop - The Ant and the Grasshopper
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Aesop - Juno and the Peacock
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Aesop - The Lion and the Mouse
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop - The Old Man and Death
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop - The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Aesop - The Man and the Satyr
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Aesop - The Fox and the Lion
Familiarity breed contempt.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Aesop - The Wolf and the Lamb
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

- Aesop