Occupation: Author Birth: 620 Bc Death: 564 Bc
Appearances may be deceiving..
It pays to be content with your lot..
Great determination can overcome most odds..
Conceit may bring about one's own downfall..
False friends leave you in times of trouble..
You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies..
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth..
There was once 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 ti….
Every one is more or less master of his own fate..
Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay..
Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses both.
If words suffice not, blows must follow..
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails..
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?.
If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped..
If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves..
The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude..
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
Each person has his strong point..
Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror..
Don't go looking for trouble..