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

309. THE WOLF AND THE DONKEY
Perry 392 (Romulus 4.15)

The word of a wicked man can never be trusted. Listen to this fable, for example.
The wolf paid a visit to the ailing donkey. He began to touch the donkey's body and to ask him in what part of his body he felt the greatest pain. The donkey answered, 'Wherever you touch me!'
The same is true of wicked people: even if they pretend to be helpful and speak nicely, they are actually in a hurry to harm you.

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.