We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.
A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."
We often despise what is most useful to us.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Being a good example teaches others to be good.