Murderers are not those who make daggers, but those who use their edges; in the same way, it is not me that the slanderers speak ill of me, but you, if they use you for their slander.
A Lydian mule saw his image in the water of the river and rejoiced at how great and beautiful it was; he galloped off, shaking his mane like a horse. But immediately he remembered that he was pulling from a donkey, and for a moment he stopped his rush and calmed down his haughtiness and smugness.
The wolf saw how the shepherds were eating a sheep, approached and said: "If I had done such a thing, what a commotion I would have made for you!"
You have to learn from your own mistakes as well as from the mistakes of others.
The master sent Aesop to die. Aesop asked, "Why do you send me there?" He replied, "To have some purpose in the world." "Then why, asked Aesop, do you not send your children there?"
Persuasion is often more effective than force.
Aesop said to a handsome but promiscuous man: "You may dress handsomely, but you undress tastelessly."
Aesop was asked what is the strongest in man. "Reason," he replied.
A wife to bring into your house when your years are done. Don't rush under thirty, But don't be too old either...
Remember everything.
Don't get married to the neighbors' laughter.
A worthy wife is more precious than anything in the world...
Be aware of time.
Truly worthy is he who has managed to use his time to good advantage!
He who procrastinates will constantly struggle with misfortunes, all his life.
The repeated word of the people does not disappear altogether.
Celebrate your wedding without pomp.
Question: "Which house is the most important?" Hilon: "The house that resembles the city ruled by the king."
Question: "What distinguishes educated people from uneducated people?" Hilon: "Promising Hopes."
Question: "Which is harder?" Hilon: “To keep a secret. Use your free time properly. To endure an offense".
Don't believe in guesswork.
Value time.
Virtue consists in the fact that you can, with the help of discernment, foresee the future.
After deed and reward.
Obey the laws.
To unhappy friends make more haste than to happy ones.
When Hilon's brother was angry with him for becoming a zealot, he replied, "That is because I can endure injustice, and you cannot."
When you speak, don't wave your hands - this is a sign of insanity.
He who is strong should also be good, so that he is respected and not feared.
Better to lose than to have a bad gain: from the first, you suffer once, from the second - forever.