Zeal Should Not Outrun Discretion.

If You Wish Me Well, Do Not Stand Pitying Me, But Lend Me Some Succour As Fast As You Can; For Pity Is But Cold Comfort When One Is Up To The Chin In Water, And Within A Hair's Breadth Of Starving Or Drowning.

Uninvited Guests Seldom Meet A Welcome.

Forbear Harping On What Was Of Yore, For It Is The Common Lot Of Mortals To Sustain The Ups And Downs Of Fortune.

It Is One Thing To Say That Something Should Be Done, But Quite A Different Matter To Do It.

Gratitude Is The Sign Of Noble Souls.