Better to starve free than be a fat slave.

once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the….

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease..

None but those who work are entitled to eat..

There is always someone worse off than yourself..

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance..

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

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden..

Persuasion is better than force..

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis..

Once a wolf, always a wolf..

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not..

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

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness..

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame..

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

The great do not always prevail..

Facts speak plainer than words.

Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing..

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another..

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.