Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards.

Good things come in small packages.