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Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

The cautious seldom err.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Beware of the person of one book.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.

‘Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.