If you are a friend of the captain, you can wipe your hands on the sail.
If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give.
If you buy cheap meat, you'll smell what you have saved when it boils.
If you cannot take things by the head, then take them by the tail.
If you don't know where you are going, look back to where you've come from.
If you give in to a fool, he will say, "This is because they are afraid of me."
If you have given away much of your wealth, then you have given a little of your heart.
If you have never seen evil, look closely at yourself some time.
If you want to hit your mother-in-law, be sure to split her head.
If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head.
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman.
If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street.
In order to really love someone you must love him as though he was going to die tomorrow.
In the presence of Fate, the physician becomes a fool.
In the small lanes there are no brothers or friends.
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone.
It is a sign of weakness just to let things happen.
It is better to cut off the head that has no pride.
It is better to die in revenge than to live on in shame.
It is easier not to commit a sin than to repent it.
It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees.
