Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.
Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.
I was what you are, you will be what I am.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.