(Translation by H. T. Riley, B. A.[715:4])
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
Book i. Fable 2, 31.
He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own.
Book i. Fable 4, 1.
That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.
Book i. Fable 9, 1.
Whoever has even once become notorious by base fraud, even if he speaks the truth, gains no belief.
Book i. Fable 10, 1.
By this story [The Fox and the Raven] it is shown how much ingenuity avails, and how wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.