131-----If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
　　
　　Withdraw from an activity if you don't like the conflict and criticism it brings. Let other people do it without you.
　　
　　132-----Everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time
　　
　　This is to tell us that we are all equal.
　　
　　133-----Life is a pie
　　
　　It's dished out in large and small pieces and when's gone, it's gone. If we ask for more than our share, we're just begging to be disappointed.
　　
　　134-----Making every minute count
　　
　　Doing something productive¹ all the time, not letting any time "slip away."
　　
　　135-----A pen is mightier² than the sword
　　
　　A conflict maybe resolved more deeply and effectively by writing the truth than by resorting to violence.
　　
　　136-----A new broom sweeps clean
　　
　　A new person in power will change many things and improve the situation. change is better than leaving things as they are.
　　
　　137-----Tomorrow is another day (or, Tomorrow is a new day.)
　　
　　No matter how bad things are right now, a person may hope for better prospects³ in the morning. New opportunities will come.
　　
　　138-----Opportunity only knocks once
　　
　　Opportunity is like an unexpected stranger passing by. It knocks on someone's door. If the person fails to answer the door, opportunity goes away and knocks on someone else's door. It does not return to the same person.
　　
　　139-----Business is business
　　
　　Do business with strangers as if they were brothers and with brothers as if they were strangers.
　　
　　140-----History repeats itself
　　
　　There are patterns in history. Nations rise and fall for similar reasons. Nations do not change their ways or learn from the mistakes of others. They repeat them.