If you are in hiding, don't light a fire. It is no shame at all to work for money. It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. It is the fool's sheep that break loose twice. It's a bad child who does not take advice.
Money is sharper than a sword.
No one tests the depth of a river with both feet. One cannot both feast and become rich. One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout. Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.