Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
I know all that better than my own name.
Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.