It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.
Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
There is measure in all things.
I shall not completely die.
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.]
Little folks become their little fate.