There are three things that a man must know to survive in this world: what is too much for him, what is too little, and what is just right.
There is no physician who can cure the disease of love.
They who dig the wells never drink from them.
Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.
Those who wear pearls do not know how often the shark bites the leg of the diver.
Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.
Through others I am somebody.
To trouble me is better than to forget me.
Too many calls confuse the dog.
Travel and you will see them, sit and they will come to you.
Treat your guest as a guest for two days -- then on the third day give him a hoe.
Two is good, one alone cannot wash his back.
Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
We have never seen the earth show her teeth.
What is in the stomach carries what is in the head.
What lowers itself is ready to fall.
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
When a man says he does not mind, then he really does.
When a man says yes, his chi [personal god] says yes also.
When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
When the big tree falls, the goat eats its leaves.
