The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.
Better to suffer than to die.
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.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.