Distrust interested advice.
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
Example is the best precept.
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.
A man is known by the company he keeps
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.