Great Throughts Treasury

"What matters is the menu on the table now."

"What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks."

"To have a hut built from mud here is better than a palace made from gold and marble on the Arabian Gulf."

"What you give away you keep."

"What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping."

"When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice."

"When a bald man dies the mourners give him curly hair as a present."

"When it is spring time, the grass will even grow under a big stone."

"When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise."

"When the money starts to glitter and clink, even a Mullah will leave the mosque."

"Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him."

"Wish well, be well."

"Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others."

"With a mule you have a son, with a son-in-law you only have a mule."

"Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size."

"With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass."

"With patience, mulberry leaves become satin."

"Wood can only be split with a wedge that is cut from its own tree."

"Your son can be a prince, your daughter will be a mother."