Faith is the bird that sings while it is still dark. Beware of the doctor whose wife sells cemetery Iots whose brother owns a granite quarry, and whose father deals in spades. It's always darkest before it's pitch black. Beginning rock hounds take everything for granite. The worms start multiplying when the chickens stop scratching.
Mistakes are the steppingstones to failure.
A silent man does not always know a secret. The best offense is a strong offense. It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth. Soon ripe, soon rotten. Ambition plagues the inarticulate hardest.