I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
That which costs little is less valued.
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
The eyes those silent tongues of love.