No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
When spiders' webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Don't slaughter more pigs than you can salt.
It is only idle people who can find time for everything.
Not until the tree is felled can you see how tall it was.
You can cage a bird but you can't make it sing.
There is no nail varnish that can make old hands look younger.
You can eat and drink with your family but not count and measure.
There are many people who can sing, but don't know the words.
After three years even a disaster can be good for something.
If the skin of your belly is tight, the skin of your eyelids can sleep.
Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.
A turtle can only get on it by sticking its neck out.
Even honey can taste bitter if it's used as medicine.
Of no worldly good can the joy be perfect, unless it is shared by a friend.
A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.
More than one mother can make tasty soup.
From the same wood you can make a cross or a club.
Small tree trunks can make the cart turn over.
Envy can breed swans from bad duck eggs.
From the leather of others you can cut long strips.
