It is not the bullet that kills you, it is fate.
It makes no sense to try to forge the iron whilst it is still cold.
It may be a fire today -- tomorrow it will be ashes.
Kiss the hand of your enemy if you cannot chop it off: Envy has no rest.
Lending nourishes bad feeling.
Let the sword decide only after the plan has failed.
Life, like a fire, begins in smoke and ends in ashes.
Look and keep silent, and if you are eating meat, tell the world it's fish.
Love lasts as long as does the reproach.
Love makes a man both blind and deaf.
Love sees clearly, hate even more so, but jealousy sees the most clear, because it is equal to love plus hate.
Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.
Mankind is made out of forgetfulness.
Marriage is like a besieged fortress: those who are outside want to come in, and those already in want to be out.
Men fear, but time fears the pyramids.
Men laugh with their heart, women only with their mouth.
Men learn little from success, but much from failure.
Men must sew up tears with gentleness.
Misfortune is easier to bear if you share it with many others.
Mistrust before you trust.
Money can build roads in the sea.
