A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

If you throw a crumb to hungry birds, they will harm each other fighting for it.

Never burn a bridge while you are still crossing it.

It is in vain to drown a fish, no matter how deep you submerge it.

Knowing how to make money is intelligence; knowing how to use it is wisdom.

A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.