Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
But the shortest works are always the best.
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.