Have you invented any proverbs worth adding to a compilation of wise sayings?

There are books of pithy sayings that are often memorized and repeated in conversation and in print. Have you developed any simple, memorable way of expressing common wisdom, AKA proverbs? Let’s compile The Fluther Book of Proverbs.

To get things off to a nice ugly start, here’s one of mine: “With canabalism, you really are what you eat.” Now you can’t get much lower than that, so feel free to contribute whatever. Hit me with your best bon mot.