Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
What quick wit is found in sudden straits!