There's always a better lover than your current one.

Luxury and comfort make people lazy, complacent, and take things for granted

When the mighty fall on hard times, they are disrespected by all.

Small amounts will eventually add up

Attend to your own affairs before the affairs of others.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Family comes first

Dealing with friends or strangers is often better than dealing with family

One good turn deserves another

Some people will change direction or opinion to suit the moment

If you repeatedly take the same risks, eventually it will end in disaster

Don't criticise others when you have faults of your own.

Excessive ambition puts one in danger of missing their goals

Very close is not home yet. A miss by an inch is the same as a miss by a mile.

Good and evil often come from the same source.

The loudest and most obvious always gets blamed.

Every day is not Sunday. You can't rest all the time, sometimes you have to work.

To make an exchange for something equally bad or worse than the original

Danger lurks wherever there is too much merriment and excitement.

The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.

Those with a clear conscience can sleep well through the stormiest nights

Choose your words with care lest you draw unpleasant or unwanted attention to yourself.

One will never be judged fairly by one's enemies.

Don't go where you don't belong.

Not all useful knowledge comes from books or formal learning.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

It is better to be considered a coward that to take foolish risks.

Don't make assumptions in uncertain situations.

If you overuse a thing you will break or lose it.

Excessive greed puts one in danger of losing everything.