Aesop Quotes

Much wants more and loses all.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

Plodding wins the race.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain,Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away,But that I know your old familiar bray'.That's just the way with asses, just the way.

Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

The value is in the worth, not in the number.

Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.

The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?