'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.
You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter.
Scalded cats fear even cold water.
Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".
Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.