The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.
The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
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.]