Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Hatched in the same nest.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.