Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.