There can be little liking where there is no likeness.

If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

Implementation beats oration.

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.

Distrust interested advice.

In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.