1. Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
Aesop's Fables
2. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Aesop's Fables
3. No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
4. Once a wolf, always a wolf.
Aesop's Fables
5. The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him.
The Lion and the Mouse
6. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
7. ...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.
