Sharing the figs can leave you with none at all.
Someone with an unrelenting heart is his own executioner.
Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the smoke.
Son of a priest, grandson of the devil.
Success has many friends.
Sweet is the memory of past labor.
Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
Take a young woman for the pleasure of possessing her until she is old.
The beginning is the half of every action.
The best fish hook cannot catch limp cheese.
The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot-wheel and said "What a lot of dust I raise!"
The fox that waits until the chicken falls from the perch dies from hunger.
The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst.
The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride.
The heart that loves is always young.
The knee is closer than the calf.
The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting.
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of the sparrow.
The people make the town.
The rest of the world does not know what newlyweds know.
