Appearances are often deceiving.

Topics: Appearance Quotes

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

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

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

The gods help them that help themselves.

The gods help them that help themselves.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

Please all, and you will please none.

Please all, and you will please none.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

Example is the best precept.

Example is the best precept.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his...

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his...

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Example is the best precept.

Example is the best precept.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as...

A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as...

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy