Aesop's Fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

Evil tendencies are shown in early life.

No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends

If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

The Hare and the Tortoise

"If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."

never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain