Great Throughts Treasury

"Abundance of money is a trial for a man."

"If a man falls, all will tread on him."

"He who follows the right path, thorns will not hurt him."

"He who flatters with laughter wants to see you cry."

"Do not correct with a strike that which can be taught with a kiss."

"Nothing dries sooner than a tear."

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother."

"A fly will not get into a closed mouth."

"If the judge is against you, withdraw the complaint."

"If a rich man steals it is a mistake; if a poor man makes a mistake he has stolen."

"The heart of a fool is in his mouth; the mouth of a wise man is in his heart."

"Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear."

"It is worse to be wounded by words than a sword."

"Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart."

"A devil takes one and makes two, a saint takes two and makes one."

"A book is like a garden in the pocket."

"Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone."

"A known mistake is better than an unknown truth."

"A narrow space looks wide to the narrow minded."

"An old cat will not learn how to dance."

"All tests are self-adminstered."

"An agreement is a kind of debt."

"Angels bend down their wings to a seeker of knowledge."

"Courage is illusion, balance is the best we can get."

"Compete, don't envy."

"He is a good storyteller who can turn a man's ears into eyes."

"If you're going to tell the truth, you better have one foot in the stirrup."

"In an instant illumination can be achieved, it is as easy as turning on a light, the problem is finding the switch in the dark."

"Even the loftiest of mountains begins on the ground."

"Few desires, happy life."

"He who touches honey is compelled to lick his fingers."

"He who lacks knowledge derides his neighbor, but the man of understanding holds his tongue."

"Let us sit bent, but talk straight."

"It's the eye that eats."

"Love truth even if it harms you, and hate lies even if they serve you."

"Many hands make light work."

"The dawn does not come twice to awaken a man."

"Strike a match above the sea of opinions and the fish all swim away."

"Perform good deeds; you will not regret them."

"The camel never sees his own hump, but that of his brother is always in his eyes."

"The tongue has no bone yet it crushes."

"One who does not travel will not know that value of men."

"One who prevades the great universe is seen by none unless a man knows the unfolding of love."

"The mind is free and the slightest thought has great influence. It is therefore important that you think enlightened thoughts."

"Whoever does not respect you, insults you."

"The world of humans is divided by lines, but the mind knows no limits, the heart no barriers."

"What is past is gone, what is hoped for is absent, for you is the hour in which you are."

"Work and you will be strong; sit and you will stink."

"With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping."

"You can't catch two frogs with one hand."