Take Care then, mother's son, lest you become a dancer disinherited in mid-dance hanging a lame foot in air like the hen in a strange unfamiliar compound. Pray protect this patrimony to which you must return when the song is finished and the dancers disperse.

Look twice before you leap.

Trust in God-but tie your camel first.

Take warning in the mischance of others, that others may not take warning of thine.

Open your mouth and purse cautiously ...

Where the road bends abruptly take short steps.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

The dry reed does not seek the company of the fire.

Though the snake be small, it is wise to hit it with a big stick.

Look the other way when the girl at the teahouse smiles.