It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
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.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature
We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.