A learned man has always riches in himself.
Phaedrus

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
Phaedrus

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.
Phaedrus

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
Phaedrus

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
Phaedrus

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
Phaedrus

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
Phaedrus

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.
Phaedrus

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.
Phaedrus

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
Phaedrus


Success tempts many to their ruin.
Phaedrus

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
Phaedrus

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
Phaedrus

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
Phaedrus

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
Phaedrus

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.
Phaedrus

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.
Phaedrus

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
Phaedrus

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
Phaedrus

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.
Phaedrus