Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'
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 sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.
If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.
A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.
Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.
Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.
Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
United we stand, divided we fall.
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