If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Obscurity brings safety.
In union there is strength.