The dowry that a woman brings is like a bell; every time she passes by she hits you with the clapper.
The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers.
The eagle was killed by an arrow made with his own feathers.
The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings.
The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked.
The only sword that never rests is the tongue of a woman.
The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon.
The tongue of the fool is always long.
The voice of the people is louder than the boom of a canon.
The water in which one drowns is always an ocean.
The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them.
The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it.
They asked a bullfrog, "Why do you croak all the time?" He replied, "I'm enchanted with my voice."
Thunder clouds do not always give rain.
To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water.
To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.
Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears.
When asked, "What news from the sea?" The fish replied "I have a lot to say, but my mouth is full of water."
When the cart breaks down, advice abounds.
When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven.
When they gave the donkey flowers to smell, he ate them.
