Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

Thank you for nothing.

Little said is soon amended.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.