The word of a woman is a bundle of water.
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.
The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.
Theologians, dogs, and singers always disagree.
There are many people who can sing, but don't know the words.
There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss.
There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.
There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man.
There is enmity between to dig and to let dig.
There is no hand to catch time.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.
Though the snake be small, it is still wise to hit it with a big stick.
To give jewels to a donkey is as stupid as giving a eunuch to a woman.
To loan is to buy troubles.
To long for everything: sorrow; to accept everything: joy.
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.
To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the world is foolish.
True happiness lies in giving it to others.
Truth has no branches.
Turkeys, parrots, and hares don't know what gratitude is.
