"You'll find it out for yourself, in the hard run you've got to hoe, without any help, but it's just as well for you to know it beforehand.

You won't get bit so hard--forewarned's forearmed.

Snakes have their poison-bags, an' bees have their stings; there ain't an animal that don't have horns or claws or teeth to use if they get in a hard place.

Them that don't have weapons have wings, like birds.

If they can't fight, they can fly away from the battle.