There are now 49 proverbs in our list. As usual, please feel free to Add New Entries at your convenience. If a crab does not walk, it does not develop. If it walks too much, it will be caught by people and cooked. Striking the right balance requires careful thought.
Moderation is a good rule.
Doing the right thing to excess may land us in another kind of difficulty, not of our own making. A dog has four feet, but it does not walk on four paths. The proverb is used to rebuke those who make mechanical judgments without trying to understand that the mere addition of units does not always increase capacity to the same degree. It is the curious fly which is more likely to get trapped in a cow's anus. A cow has a tongue, yet it cannot speak.