Quotes from Phaedrus

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Thou hast added insult to injury.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.