Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.