Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Aesop
The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
Aesop
Enemies promises were made to be broken.
Aesop
Slow and steady wins the race.
Aesop
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Aesop
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''
Aesop
Please all, and you will please none.
Aesop
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.