What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.