“Don't lick the wound, you'll only infect it!”
“Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.”
“If you don't start playing by my rules, you'll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office.”
“Suddenly a sorrow the color of dawn welled up in him. They might as well lick each other's wounds. But they would lick forever, and the wounds would never heal, and in the end their tongues would be worn away.”
“Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart.”
“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever.”