Aesop, Aesop's Fables Quotes

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

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

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

Much wants more and loses all.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

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?

I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.