1. Touch pitch and be defiled.   Failure should not discourage us, for some other opportunity always exists.   If you keep contact with bad people, you get spoiled.   Take care when you speak lest others hear what they should not.   Think of your own mistakes before blaming others.   Hint Dica Meio-a-meio   2. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.   A good start to a task leads to its easy and successful completion.   You do me a favor and I will reciprocate.   It is a desire that gives birth to a belief.   If you keep contact with bad people, you get spoiled.   Dica Meio-a-meio   3. Too many cooks spoil the broth.   It is chaotic for too many people to do the same job at the same time.   It is beneficial when persons reason jointly and make up for each other's deficiencies.   This is said in jest when a person we have been talking about meets us.   Rumours are not baseless but have some truth in them.   Dica Meio-a-meio