One story sounds good until another is told

In a crisis, give help first and then advice.

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

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

It is easy to despise what you cannot get

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.