It is approved alchemy to have an income and spend nothing, [198], [265]

It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt, [362]

It is as well to be naked as to have no covering, [361]

It is bad baking without flour and water, [165]

It is bad for puppies to play with bear-cubs, [380]

It is bad iron in which there is no steel, [361]

It is bad marketing with empty pockets, [334]

It is bad preaching to deaf ears, [170]

It is bad to be between two fires, [361]

It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master, [282]