Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
The gift of a bad man can bring no good.
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.