Quotes from Aesop
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
- Aesop
The gods help them that help themselves.
- Aesop
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
- Aesop
Little by little does the trick.
- Aesop
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.
- Aesop
Kindness affects more than severity.
- Aesop
The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
- Aesop
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
- Aesop
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
- Aesop
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
- Aesop
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
- Aesop
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
- Aesop