The richest man, whate'er his lot, is the one content with what he's got.
Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house, every street would be clean.
The idiot who has his eye on your wife is like a blood sucking fly.
He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.
Put something sweet in his mouth and send good news to the heart.
"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.
He who puts his nose in a turd does not know what he is smelling.
Nothing looks more like a sensible man as a fool who holds his tongue.
A beggar himself, can he afford to have one asking for alms at his door?
A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail.
I gave him a staff for his support and he uses it to break my head.
If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.
When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults.
Only he who knows his own weaknesses can endure those of others.
One man's beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
Distracted by what is far away, he does not see his nose.
If an ox doesn't know the size of his arse he won't eat an apricot stone.
One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace.
He that marries a widow will have a dead man's head often thrown in his dish.
When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet.
If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition.
