Better your own copper than another man's gold.
Sometimes the whole nation has to pay for the foolish deed of one man.
Judge a man not by the words of his mother, but from the comments of his neighbors.
One man's house burns so that another may warm himself.
Your own wealth is flowers and wine; the other man's is but weeds.
The umbrella was made for rainy days, the white man uses it for the sun.
As soon as a man leaves his house he has seven enemies.
A man's youth will never die, unless he kills himself.
Divorce a young woman and you make another man happy.
You can measure the depth of the sea but what about a man's heart?
Do not measure another man's coat on your body.
A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.
You will never know a man till you do business with him.
It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands.
She who loves an ugly man thinks him handsome.
Women and wine rid a man of his common sense.
The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man from winning glory for himself.
If the hyena eats the sick man, he will eat the whole one.
Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.
A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
