Perhaps I'm too saucy or provoking?
If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.
He that won't be counseled can't be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.
If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.
A friend in need is a friend indeed!
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.