Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

In union there is strength.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

There once was 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 time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''

Little friends may prove great friends.

Familiarity breed contempt.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.

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

Little by little does the trick.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Appearances are deceptive.

Enemies promises were made to be broken.

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

Obscurity brings safety.

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

Plodding wins the race.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Union gives strength.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Example is the best precept.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.

It was prettily devised of Aesop, ''The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! ''

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

I am sure the grapes are sour.

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

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

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.