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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

344. THE CHARIOT DRIVER
Perry 428 (Aristophanes, Wasps 1427 ff.)

A man of Sybaris fell out of his chariot and hit his head on the ground, since he was not a very experienced driver. Another man who was a friend of his came up and said, 'Everybody should stick to what he knows!'

Note: For another Sybaritic fable, see Fable 180.

Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.