Ripe fruit falls by itself, but it does not fall into your mouth.
Rivalry between scholars improves science.
Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never.
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
Runaway son, a shining jewel; runaway daughter, tarnished.
Scholars talk books, butchers talk pigs.
Schoolmaster, stick to your books; farmer, to your pigs.
Seeking fish? Don't dive in the pond; go home and get a net.
Sending charcoal in the snow is better than adding flowers to a brocade.
Settling a dispute through the law is like losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
Shadows are formed all along the wishes of the sun.
Shame is forgotten, debts are not.
Sit atop the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
Slander piles itself before the door of a widow.
Slow in word, swift in deed.
Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.
Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away.
Some people want to be praised for the rest of their lives for what they have done well for one day.
Some prefer carrots while others like cabbage.
Sooner or later the day comes when the tumor can be lanced.
