Clumsy jesting is no joke.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.
You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.
Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.