"O, sheep if I do not eat you, you will eat me," said the hyena.
If you want to keep your credit you must use it as little as possible.
You cannot be very smart if you have never done anything foolish.
When a man is coming toward you, you need not say, "Come here."
When you wait for tomorrow it never comes. When you don't wait for it tomorrow still comes.
You cackle in our place but you lay your eggs at someone else's place.
If you let the weeds grow for a year you will need seven to clear them.
When you go to bed with a clear head, you will not get up with a headache.
You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.
If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
If you go into a goat stable, bleat; if you go into a water buffalo stable, bellow.
You only appreciate your father the day you become a father yourself.
If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West.
If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog.
If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals.
You can't blame the axe for the noise made by the chicken you are about to slaughter.
You eat an egg, but you don't understand how painful it was for the chicken.
The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie.
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.
When you talk about the sun, you will see her beams.