Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Familiarity breed contempt.

I am sure the grapes are sour.

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Union gives strength.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.