We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant or enemy, must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves

Please all, and you will please none.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either

Vices are their own punishment

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Little by little does the trick

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.

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.

As a babysitter my mother trusted you with her children and your broke that trust by touching her daughter

Slow but steady wins the race.

Familiarity breed contempt.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

I will have naught to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted

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

The shaft 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.

I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Much outcry, little outcome

Appearances are deceptive.

United we stand; divided we fall

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Enemies’ promises were made to be broken

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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

Please all and you will please no one

Be content with your lot; once cannot be first in everything.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

While I see many hoof-marks going in, I see none coming out.

…convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Union gives strength.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

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

Obscurity often brings safety.

Thinking to get at once all the gold that the goose could give, he killed it, and opened it only to find – nothing.

I don’t mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

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

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.