Gathering eggs is commonsense; waiting for them to hatch is wisdom.

If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.

One who wishes to cross the ocean first builds a ship.