"Wealth unused
might as well not exist."
-Aesop

"Outside show
is a poor substitute
for inner worth."
-Aesop

"Beware lest you lose the substance
by grasping at the shadow."
-Aesop

"No act of kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted."
-Aesop

"Be content with your lot;
one cannot be first in everything."
-Aesop

"Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit;
and it is but common prudence to see
our way out before we venture in."
-Aesop

"The little reed,
bending to the force of the wind,
soon stood upright again
when the storm had passed over."
-Aesop