Little friends may prove great friends.

Appearances are deceptive.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.

Appearances are often deceiving.