A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

A man is known by the company he keeps

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.