'Within the four seas all man are brethren.
A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
A big tree attracts the wind.
A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.
A chicken is hatched even from such a well sealed thing as an egg.
A chicken is hatched even from such a well-sealed thing as an egg.
A clever doctor never treats himself.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.
A cloth is not woven from a single thread.
A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.
A day of grief lasts longer than a month of joy.
A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.
A dead songbird gives us no meat.
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
A dictionary can only be read when it is printed.
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas -- a hunting dog does not feel them.
A dog shows affection even to a poor family.
