128 Darkovan Proverbs / Page 7
121. You can't teach an old dog how to gnaw a bone.
122. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
123. You can't tell a book by its cover.
124. You cannot eat nuts without breaking some shells.
125. You cannot forge a hammer from featherpod fluff, nor spin spidersilk from precious copper.
126. You cannot get a quart into a pint pot.
127. You cannot get blood from a stone.
128. You cannot take hawks without climbing some cliffs.