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.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Distrust unsolicited advice.

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Great determination can overcome most odds.