The faulty stands on his guard.
Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Gold opens all locks, no lock will hold against the power of gold.