Great Throughts Treasury

"Truth and morning become light with time."

"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion."

"He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured."

"A Coffee and love taste best when hot."

"A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings."

"A blade won't cut another blade; a cheat won't cheat another cheat"

"A belt fastened while running will come undone while running."

"A bleating sheep loses a bite."

"A close friend can become a close enemy."

"A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child."

"A fool and water will go the way they are diverted."

"A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat."

"A fool at forty is a fool indeed."

"A fool is thirsty in the midst of water."

"A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed."

"A fool will pair an ox with an elephant."

"A good name is better than good perfume."

"A good conversation is better than a good bed."

"A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle."

"A loose tooth will not rest until it is pulled out."

"A hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened."

"A house can't be built for the rainy season that is past."

"A man who is too modest goes hungry."

"A powerful friend becomes a powerful enemy."

"A mouse that wants to die goes to sniff the cat's nose."

"A melancholic look is visible but not a melancholic heart."

"A shameless person has no sense of shame at all."

"A partner in the business will not put an obstacle to it."

"A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn."

"A silly daughter teaches her mother how to bear children."

"Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him."

"A too modest man goes hungry."

"After the hyena has gone, the dog barks."

"An overly modest man goes hungry."

"An eye and a friend are quickly hurt."

"Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it."

"Because he killed his wife he took shelter with his in-laws."

"As the wound inflames the finger, so the thought inflames the mind."

"Better an egg this year than a chicken next year."

"By persevering the egg walks on legs."

"Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes it."

"Clothes put on while running come off while running."

"Coffee is our bread."

"Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying a grain in a bag with a hole in it."

"Coffee and love taste best when hot."

"Cow dung can't be gathered where no cow has been."

"Do not hesitate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing."

"Dine with a stranger, but save your love for your family."

"Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not giving it wings."

"Don't blame God for creating the tiger -- instead, thank him for not giving it wings."