I bend, but I do not break.

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.

One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.

We risk all in being too greedy.

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.