Obfuscated polysyllabic philosophies

Turn the following common proverbs into obfuscated polysyllabic philosophies.

Here's a couple of examples:

Who sums the yet unfractured shells of bipeds gallinaceous
Is apt to find his calculations woefully fallacious.

A futile superfluity of culinary aid
Will mar the gastronomic juice of osseous tissue made.

You don't need to make them rhyme ... but you can if you'd like!

• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  
• Beggars can't be choosers.
  
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
  
• Haste makes waste.
  
• If you can't beat them, join them.
  
• Let the cat out of the bag.
  
• Money doesn't grow on trees.
  
• Necessity is the mother of invention.
  
• Quality is better than quantity.
  
• The pen is mightier than the sword.
  
• Where there's smoke, there's fire.
  
• You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Inspired by the Plethora of Polysyllabic Poetic Proverbs.