Don’t reckon without your host, [160]

Don’t rely on the label of the bag, [24]

Don’t scuffle with the potter, for he makes money by the damage, [237]

Don’t sell the bearskin before the bear is dead, [333]

Don’t sell the bearskin before you have caught (or killed) the bear, [115], [140], [341]

Don’t sell the skin till you have caught the fox, [397]

Don’t send away your cat for being a thief, [196]

Don’t show your teeth if you can’t bite, [51]

Don’t snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village, [24]

Don’t stop the way of a bull or of a current of air, [198]