Distrust unsolicited advice.
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
Those who suffer most cry out the least.