The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit.
If the dog barks, go in; if the bitch barks you had better stay outside.
Until your fortieth it is better to eat than to drink; afterwards it is vice versa.
Better one day a man than ten days a woman.
The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie.
One good word puts out the flames better than a bucket of water.
You would do better to sit on a powder keg than on the knee of a woman.
A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue.
Better visit hell in your lifetime than after you're dead.
If you have nothing better to do, go to bed with your own wife.
When the wolf invites you in, you had better take your dog.
Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt.
Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.
Human social life, I suggest, is the magma that erupts and builds up, so to speak, at the fault lines where natural human capacities meet and grind against and over natural human limitations…. This meeting of powers and limitations produces a creat...
Beware of the person with two faces.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
A person's heart is in his feet.
A poor person is often worthy.
The covetous person is always in want.
A friendly person is never a good-for-nothing.
A virtuous person sleeps well.
