Great Throughts Treasury

"One must be afraid of the person, who keeps quiet all the time."

"One must be courageous enough to show displeasure in presence of the person concerned, and not in his absence."

"One pays for someone else's fault."

"One person commits a crime, and another gets punishment for it."

"One person earns his living after working very hard, and another beats his chest (out of envy)."

"One person's vomit is another's food."

"One plus one make eleven."

"One problem over the other."

"One should strive to live within one's means."

"One should strive to maintain one's honor."

"One wants to have buttermilk, but has hidden the pot (which has been brought for it) behind one's back."

"One who discovers his own self, discovers God"

"One who does not share his resources with others."

"One who doesn't have any importance."

"One who expresses happiness on someone's cry, and sighs on someone's laughter."

"One who has done good to others is always helped by them."

"One who lifts an arm, does grab someone else's house."

"One who merely talks, but doesn't really work."

"One who starts off by stealing eggs end as a professional thief."

"One's fortune can change very fast."

"One's honor is in one's own hands."

"One's won hands help one."

"Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches."

"Penny wise pound foolish."

"People pretend to dislike what they cannot get."

"Pick up clothes and let us run away."

"Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need."

"Property by gift and a heart without mercy."

"Prosperity improves one's personality, adversity cripples it."

"Prosperity teaches one, and poverty puts one to shame."

"Pulling in diverse directions."

"Relations are to be maintained and not just imposed."

"Relations last long, when transactions are clean."

"Rice tastes good when it is properly cooked, and talking is good when opportunity is ripe."

"Saving mustard seeds in hand, and a watermelon escapes."

"Scattered relations."

"Searching thorns in the milk."

"Secrets are not narrated loudly."

"Service is greatness"

"Silence is Silver Practicing it, is Gold."

"Simple vegetables and rice at one's own home is as good as a delicious dish at someone else's place."

"Slow and steady wins the race."

"Some people age gracefully others go sour."

"Some small people are often benefited when the benefit is given to the big ones."

"Someone is eating his meals, as though picking vena (a kind of green) plant."

"Someone lives on the leftovers of others."

"Spare the rod and spoil the child."

"Strike when the iron is hot."

"The bachelors crave to get married, and the married ones regret why they got married."

"The carpenter's wooden wedge."