Keep your place in life and your place will keep you
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.
We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.