If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
Misery is the company of lawsuits.
It is quite a common and vulgar thing among humans to understand, foresee, know and predict the troubles of others. But oh what a rare thing it is to predict, know, foresee and understand one's own troubles.
So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.