Description List
- The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse
- Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
- The Eagle & the Beetle
- Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong.
- The Gnat & the Bull
- We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- The Stag & His Reflection
- We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.
- The Owl & the Grasshopper
- Flattery is not a proof of true admiration. Do not let flattery throw you off your guard against an enemy.
- Belling the Cat
- “It is easy to propose impossible remedies.”