I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.
He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.
An ill weed grows apace.
The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster.
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
Fair words never hurt the tongue.