“Tomorrow is another day.”
“You cannot get into Paradise without a guide.”
“What flares up fast, extinguishes soon.”
“‘If’ and ‘when’ were planted, and ‘nothing’ grew.”
“One arrow does not bring down two birds.”
“For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.”
“The dog that is going to bite does not show its teeth.”
“Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.”
“Silence is music to a wise man.”
“Death is the black camel that kneels before every door.”
“A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.”
“Everything is worn out with usage; except for experience.”
“God postpones, he does not overlook.”
“A hungry dog will bring a lion down.”
“A liar’s house is on fire and no one believes him.”
“You don’t wash blood away with blood but with water.”
“A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.”
“Gold takes no rust.”
“Do not search for a calf under an ox.”
“Gold that is lent goes away laughing and comes back in tears.”
“Do not leave to the morning the business of the evening.”
“Good actions are never lost.”
“He that considers in prosperity; will be less afflicted in adversity.”
“A building without foundation is soon demolished.”
“He that converses not knows nothing.”
“The eagle does not feed on flies.”
“If a stone falls on an egg, it is bad for the egg; if an egg falls onto a stone, it is still bad for the egg.”
“Don’t say amen to an unacceptable prayer.”
“Good advice is given; good esteem is no given.”
“He that falls by himself never cries.”
“A friend is one soul in two bodies.”
“Don’t speak sweet words when your deeds are of stone.”
“A prudent man will read the letter from back to front.”
“Even too much praise is a burden.”
“Even if the whole world conspired against you — that would not inflict a quarter of the harm you inflict yourself.”
“A horse knows his rider by his spurs.”
“He who lives on hope, dies of starvation.”
“He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.”
“A man will sacrifice his head to conquer a heart.”
“Don’t sell the fish that is still swimming in the ocean.”
“A defeated wrestler is not tired of wrestling.”
“He that speaks, sows; he that hears, reaps.”
“One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer.”
“The bear knows seven songs and they are all about honey.”
“You can proclaim the truth also in a friendly way.”
“The earth has ears, the wind has a voice.”
“If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.”
“Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood.”
“One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer.”
“Who gossips to you will gossip about you.”
“It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.”
“Sighs never fall on the ground.”
“Tell a lie on Saturday and you will be ashamed on Sunday.”
“Satan’s friendship reaches the prison door.”
“Keep the tongue in your mouth a prisoner.”
“Abundance doesn’t know contentment, but contentment is abundance.”
“He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.”
“A person does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.”
“Heaven was inspired by the first judge to take a bribe.”
“He that speaks without care shall remember with sorrow.”
“Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.”
“Honey is one thing, the price is another.”
“There are many words that are like salted jam.”
“A true word needs no oath.”
“He who has no children has one sorrow, he who has children has a thousand sorrows.”
“A man without grief is not a man.”
“He who knows much makes many mistakes.”
“Abundance is from activity.”
“A stupid friend is a greater plague than a wise enemy.”
“He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth.”
“Call the bear ‘Uncle’ till you are safe across the bridge.”
“Better your enemy who you recognize than a dark friend.”
“The rose comes from the thorns that were born of roses.”
“Hawks will not pick out hawk’s eyes.”
“He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.”
“Cotton cannot play with fire.”
“To a good rider, right or left makes no difference.”
“He who controls his tongue, saves his head.”
“To listen to a lie is harder than to tell it.”
“There is no right way to do a wrong thing.”
“Never become a teacher where you yourself were a pupil.”
“In our eyes the neighbor’s chicken is a goose.”
“One eats, another watches; that’s how revolutions are born.”
“Measure a thousand times and cut once.”
“There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence.”
“In the company of the blind, close your eyes.”
“None is so rich as that he can throw away a friend.”
“No flock without a dog and shepherd.”
“No camel route is long with good company.”
“The raven sees its chickens as falcons.”
“Man is his own mirror.”
“Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.”
“A thousand years hence the river will run as it did.”
“He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.”
“Everyone admires his own character.”
“A tongue has no bones but it can break.”
“The most difficult master is the servant who became master.”
“Before you love, learn to run through snow without leaving footprints.”
“A thousand regrets do not cancel one debt.”
“A ship with two captains sinks.”
“He who asks for alms blushes once; he who refuses, twice.”
“Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak.”
“No matter how far down a wrong road you are, turn back.”
“The gardener who loves roses is slave to a thousand thorns.”
“Vinegar that costs nothing is sweeter than honey.”
