We risk all in being too greedy.
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
What God does, He does well.
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.