Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

Meaning: People can overestimate the standing or recognition they deserve. The animal comparison mocks self-importance, but differences in rank or background do not establish differences in personal worth.

Meaning: A measure can register one property without recognising the differences that matter for another judgement. Equal weight does not mean equal value; choose evidence suited to the question.

Meaning: Making a wager is easy and does not itself demonstrate knowledge or judgement. The dismissive wording challenges treating willingness to stake something as proof of being right, rather than fairly describing the person making the bet.

Meaning: Trying every available thing without discrimination is pictured as eventually biting a poisonous weed. The warning favours judgment over indiscriminate sampling; it is a figurative caution, not evidence that curiosity is dangerous or a guide to identifying safe plants.