Always leave a little room for a mistake.
Always take an emergency leisurely.
Among ten matchmakers only nine will lie.
An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one.
An ambassador bears no blame
An answer that does not resolve a quarrel makes a thousand new ones.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
An obscure style is a blind mirror.
An old bachelor compares life with a shirt button that hangs often by a thread.
An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
As a daughter grows up she is like smuggled salt.
As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha.
As soon as you have finished a job, you start appreciating the difficulties.
Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
Be first in the field, the last to the couch.
Be in readiness for favorable winds.
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
