He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.