If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.
If you are doing wrong, make sure you don't get fat from it.
If you take too long to choose, you will end up with the leftovers.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
Tell me who your father is, and I'll tell you who you are.
With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words.
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.
Better a small fire that warms you than a big one that burns you.
You always fall down in the direction of where you bend over.
You often meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it.
Whatever you eat will rot, whatever you give will blossom into a rose.
Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.
He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.
If you are looking for bad luck, you will soon find it.
Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.
You have to bow a few times before you can stand upright.
If you fall in love let her be a beauty; if you should steal, let it be a camel.
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
One cannot make a fur coat from a "Thank you."
