Any excuse will serve a tyrant. |
Appearances often are deceiving. |
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. |
Better to starve free than be a fat slave. |
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. |
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath. |
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. |
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. |
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. |
Slow and steady wins the race. |
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. |
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. |
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing. |
Vices are their own punishment. |
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again. |
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. |
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. |
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. |
