Occupation: Author Birth: 620 Bc Death: 564 Bc
Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself..
Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you..
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long..
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words..
It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards..
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails..
Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness..
A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed hi….
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted..
If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in….
I am sure the grapes are sour..
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear..
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains..
Do not attempt too much at once..
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction..
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit..
After the rain cometh the fair weather..
Much outcry, little outcome..
Kindness effects more than severity..
The least outlay is not always the greatest gain..
Example is more powerful than precept..