The account of the donkey is different from that of the donkey-man.
The eyes of the bat are hurt by the light.
The head of the rooster that crows out of time will be cut off. (Important persons, or those who stand out from the rest, are in more danger than others.)
The physician prescribes the medicine, the vulture waits for the body.
The sound of drums sounds nicely from far away. (People are never satisfied with what they have.)
You can't run a water mill by carrying water. (Meaning: It is futile to start a business if you don't have a sustainable source or you can't sustain a life style with borrowed money.)
The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a bunch of grapes to the father. (Meaning: Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him.)
The highway is always shorter than the unknown side roads.