Aesop

Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave

— Aesop

Better poverty without care, than riches with.

— Aesop

Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

— Aesop

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

— Aesop

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

— Aesop

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

Great determination can overcome most odds.

— Aesop

Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

— Aesop

Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.

— Aesop

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

— Aesop

You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.

— Aesop

A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.

— Aesop

A fair-minded man tries to see both sides of an argument.

— Aesop

Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.

— Aesop

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

— Aesop

He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.

— Aesop