“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.”

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

“Much wants more and loses all.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”

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