Union gives strength.
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find – nothing.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.