A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

rubber see those who PLAY at bowls must look out for rubbers.
rudder see who won’t be RULED by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
rue see MARRY in May, rue for aye.
rule see (noun) the EXCEPTION proves the rule; there is an EXCEPTION to every rule; (verb) DIVIDE and rule; the HAND that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Who won’t be RULED by the rudder must be ruled by the rock

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  1666 G. TORRIANO Italian Proverbs 286 That ship which will have no rudder, must have a rock. 1823 I. DISRAELI Curiosities of Literature 2nd Ser. I. 459 There is a Cornish proverb, ‘Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock’— the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations of its inhabitants the two objects from whence they drew this salutary proverb. 1911 B. WILBERFORCE Secret of Quiet Mind 79 Jesus.. is weeping because the spiritual blindness of the people made.. the destruction of Jerusalem.. inevitable. ‘He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock,’ but ruled he must be. 1984 R. HENDERSON Salty Words 165 The nautical saying Who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.. means ‘those who won’t listen to reason must bear the consequences’. "action and consequence; discipline
  

RULES are made to be broken

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  1934 S. PALMER ‘Riddle of the Forty Costumes’ in Mystery (Jan.) ‘There’s nothing in it for the Homicide Squad. We have rules, you know.’ ‘Fiddlesticks,’ Miss Withers retorted. ‘Rules are made to break.’ 1938 F. VIVIAN Black Alibi xxiii. 212 ‘An old rule says Tell your lawyer everything, Mr. Moy.’ .. ‘An old saying asserts that rules were made to be broken. You must remember that also!’ 1954 A. C. CLARKE Expedition to Earth 58 It is a fundamental rule of space-flight that.. the minimum crew on a long journey shall consist of not less than three men. But rules are made to be broken. 2001 Washington Post Book World 28 Jan. 13 It’s a rule of crime fiction that recurring main characters rarely get knocked off; but during Flavia’s final confrontation with a sadistic murderer, Pears gives his uneasy readers cause to remember that rules are made to be broken. "rules, general