It is a long road from conception to completion.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
We are all mortals, and each is for himself.