Aesop

"The gods help them that help themselves." - Fables

"Appearances often are deceiving." - Fables

"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything." - Fables

"The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." - Fables

"The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own lumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." - Fables

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety." - Fables

"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him." - Fables

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Fables

"The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales." - Fables

"Any excuse will serve a tyrant." - Fables

"We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified." - Fables