Better to die, than to live on with a bad reputation.
A day in prison is longer than a thousand years at large.
A day of travelling will bring a basketful of learning.
A good name is better than good habits.
Better a wise man's servant than an idiot's master.
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.
Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.
Enter alcohol, exit words.
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.
Happy hours are very short.
He wanted to cure a healthy pig and ended up with a sick one.
If you go out a lot at night, you will probably meet ghosts.
If you hold high office, the whole village will share your fame.
If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
If you want to travel fast use the old roads.
It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant.
It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket.
Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home.
Man is the flower of the earth.
