Aesop

"The fool and his gold are soon parted by others."

"One cannot step in the same river twice, for all changes."

"The web we weave catches both hunter and hunted."

"Better to learn late than never to learn at all."

"The lamp that shines the brightest burns itself out fastest."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

"The blind leading the blind both stumble into the ditch."

"A kind word costs nothing but may purchase much."

"The seeds you plant today become the harvest of tomorrow."

"Better a humble truth than a magnificent lie."

"The greatest wealth is a grateful heart."

"Imagination is the only weapon against tyranny."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, for ideas endure."

"A true friend is rarer than a star in daylight."

"The smallest crack can shatter the mightiest mirror."

"Better to face one's demons than to flee them forever."

"The voice of the people is the voice of truth."

"One cannot escape one's nature any more than one's shadow."

"The greatest teacher is failure, if one heeds its lesson."

"Better to be envied than pitied, yet neither is peace."

"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."

"A promise made in haste is repaid in regret."

"The sweetest revenge is becoming better than those who wronged you."

"Courage grows through confronting fear, not avoiding it."

"The greatest discovery is that we can change ourselves."

"Better to light one candle than curse the darkness."

"The wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

"A single word can heal wounds or create them."

"The butterfly emerges only after the struggle in the chrysalis."

"Better to be a small fish in a large pond than the reverse."