A man who has his feet hacked off cannot scurry far.
A cleaved head no longer plots.
Deceit sleeps with greed.
Brawl with a pig and you go away with his stink.
Be neither a shoemaker nor a shaftmaker for anyone but yourself.
Generous and brave men live the best.
He hath need of his wits who wanders wide.
It is best to search while the trail is new.
It is the still and silent sea that drowns a man.
Men have often received bad advice from another's heart.
One man becomes wise by talking with another, but foolish by taciturnity.
One who sees his friends roasted on a spit tells all he knows.
Repay treachery with lies.
Rise never at nighttime, except if thou art spying.
Tell not ever an evil man if misfortunes thee befall.
The shame you cannot lift away, you had better let lie.
The slumbering wolf does not get the ham.
The madman often tells the truth.
The lowest fence is the easiest to get across.
The lame runs if he has to.
When we speak most fairly, then we think most falsely.
So shall she charm that thou shalt not heed the council, or words of the king.