Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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

If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.

once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times