A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.