Proverbs from around the world:

• A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English)
• Impulse manages all things badly. (Latin)
• It is not the thief who is hanged, but the one who is caught stealing. (Czech)
• Never promise a poor man, and never owe a rich one. (Brazilian)
• A fool at forty is a fool indeed. (Ethiopian)
• Quarrelsome dogs come limping home. (Swedish)
• A canoe does not know who is king: when it turns over, everyone gets wet. (Malagasy)
• A thousand regrets do not pay one debt. (Turkish)
• Every road leads somewhere. (Filipino)
• He who steals a needle will steal an ox. (Korean)
• Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. (French)
• The tongue is the neck’s worst enemy. (Egyptian)
• If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor. (Haitian)
• Happiness is not a horse that can be harnessed. (Russian)
• Relatives are scorpions. (Tunisian)
• Silence does not make mistakes. (Hindi)