Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.
Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends
Vices are their own punishment
If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it