Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Don't just think, do.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.