Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.
A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.