The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
What's a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.