The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.