If you open the eyes of a blind man he wants to go back to the darkness.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made perfect without trials.
A mans greatest shortcoming is that he neglects his own field and weeds that of others.
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven.
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
The man who comes with a talk about others has himself an ax to grind.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
When a man is crazy about a woman only she can cure him.
He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.
It's possible to light another man's candle without damaging your own.
The woman who does not covet the possessions of her husband is in love with another man.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit.
The white man lives in the castle; when he dies, he lies in the ground.
What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.
When a man is coming toward you, you need not say, "Come here."
When a woman laughs an experienced man will know how much it will cost him.
As soon as a man gets new trousers, he thinks about a new wife.
