A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.
Sharing a secret with a rogue is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.
The old one who is loved is like a winter flower.
Hearts, like thieves, never give back lost things.
Every man likes the smell of his own farts.
Life is like the flame of a lamp; it needs a little oil now and then.
The crab instructs its young: "Walk straight ahead -- like me."
Giving advice to the ignorant is like the rain falling on muddy ground.
Life is like a lamp flame; it needs a little oil now and then.
Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.
To deny God's existence is like jumping with your eyes closed.
An old man in love is like a flower in winter.
A man without a wife is like a man in winter without a fur cap.
You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside.
The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
The rubbish we speak is like froth on the water, actions are drops of gold.
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
An ape is ne'er so like an ape/ As when he wears a doctor's cape.
The world is like that: one gives a melon, the other gets the stomach cramps.
A hare is like an ass in the length of its ears, yet it is not its son.
