Great Throughts Treasury

"There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, and no one who gained weight because he broke a fast."

"Thorns prick lightly the man who walks slowly."

"They snatched from me my own cry."

"Unless you call out, who will open the door?"

"To one who knows no better, a small garden is a forest."

"Try not to get hold of a leopard's tail, but if you do -- don't let go."

"What has been blown away, cannot be found again."

"What has blown away, cannot be found again."

"When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised."

"When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow."

"What one hopes for is always better than what one has."

"When one is prepared, difficulties do not come."

"What is taken for oneself is usually not a small piece."

"What is inflated too much, will burst into fragments."

"When one sets a portion for oneself, usually it is not too small."

"When he looked under the saddle he lost his horse."

"When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth."

"When the hyena is gone, that is when the dog barks."

"When the hyena is gone, the dog begins to bark."

"When the webs of the spider join, they can trap a lion."

"When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it a guinea fowl."

"When they fooled the chicken they threw her into a carrying basket"

"When the Nile knows a secret the desert will soon know it too."

"When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoiled."

"Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils have two eyes."

"When you are pepper, I am mustard; when thou art a needle, I am a knife."

"Where there is no shame, there is no honor."

"While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit"

"Who cannot yet walk, cannot climb a ladder."

"With man comes the quarrel."

"Woman without man is like a field without seed."

"You cannot build a house for last year's summer."

"You are like dew even before it rains."

"You think of water when the well is empty."

"You may well have two legs but you still can't climb two trees at the same time."

"You travel on until you return home; you live on until you return to earth."