When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.
A person is a guest for one or two days, but becomes an intruder on the third.
Abundance will make cotton pull a stone.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Allah preserve us from "If only I'd known!"
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
Being happy is better than being king.
Birth is the only remedy against death.
Every fault is laid at the door of the hyena, but it does not steal a bale of cloth.
Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect.
Fishing without a net is just bathing.
From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.
He who boasts much can do little.
He who does not mend his clothes will soon have none.
He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
However hard a thing is thrown into the air, it always falls to the ground.
However poor the elephant, it will be worth more than ten frogs.
If the owner of the goat is not afraid to travel by night, the owner of a hyena certainly will not be.
If you can't dance well, you'd better not get up.
People in trouble remember Allah.
The cry of the hyena and the loss of the goat are one.