It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.
Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
Appearances are deceptive.