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

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

- Aesop

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.

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

- Aesop

Please all, and you will please none.

- Aesop

Appearances are often deceiving.

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

- Aesop

Adventure is worthwhile.

- Aesop

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

- Aesop

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

- Aesop

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

- Aesop

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

- Aesop

United we stand, divided we fall.

- Aesop

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

- Aesop