If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.
It pays to be prepared.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.