Aesop
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
United we stand, divided we fall.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Plodding wins the race.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Example is the best precept.
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Appearances are often deceiving.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.