He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Timber: Or Discoveries Made Upon Men and MatterThe peacock's plumage is its enemy: O many the king who hath been slain by his magnificence!
Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad BalkhiWhy then should witless man so much misweene That nothing is but that which he hath seene?
The Faerie QueeneA woman hath nine lives like a cat.
The Proverbs of John Heywood. Being the "Proverbes" of That Author Printed 1546