Aesop's Fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend

In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

"O you most perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I have ceased you do so merrily."

"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."

"My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

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.