Don't cry over spilled milk
Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.
We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
If we can sleep without dreaming, it is well that painful dreams are avoided. If, while we sleep, we can have any pleasing dreams, it is as the French say, tant gagne, so much added to the pleasure of life.
Hunger is the best pickle.