Great Throughts Treasury

"Good medicine tastes bitter in the mouth."

"Goodness [or, virtue] is the return for goodness; evil is the return for evil."

"Good things, many devils."

"Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear."

"Had the pheasant not screamed, it wouldn't have been shot."

"Having waxed, wanes."

"He who eats moderately will never need doctors."

"Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces."

"He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other."

"He is poor who does not feel content."

"He who eats globefish soup is a fool; so is he who does not."

"Heard of only, it is Paradise; seen, it is Hell."

"He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway."

"He who steals incense smells of it."

"Heart rather than appearance."

"Hide your supposed knowledge and prowess until it is requested."

"If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty."

"Hell and Heaven are in the hearts of men."

"Hot passion cools easily."

"How can swallows and sparrows know the thoughts of a great swan?"

"If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look."

"If a man deceive me once, shame on him; if he deceive me twice, shame on me."

"If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again."

"Human life is like the dew of morning."

"If he works for you, you work for him."

"If eating poison finish up the plate (or, If eating poison don't forget to lick the plate).."

"If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are."

"If the mouth is fastened shut, no quarrel arises."

"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master."

"If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise."

"If you do good things, you will live a wealthy life."

"If unreason comes, reason goes."

"If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it."

"If the father is a frog, the son will be a frog."

"If three women visit, noisy."

"If the fountainhead is clear, the stream will be clear."

"If you do not enter the tiger's cave, you will not catch its cub."

"If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, you should buy a lily."

"If you embark on a travel to the far away land and then remember that you didn't have your morning tea yet, you should go back home immediately, and have your tea."

"If you know the disease, recovery is near."

"If you look up, there are no limits."

"If you understand everything, you must be misinformed"

"If you never climb Mt. Fuji, you?re a fool, and if you climb it more than once, you?re a crazy fool."

"If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it."

"If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming."

"If you see Mt. Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant on New Year?s Day, you will be forever blessed."

"If you want to know what's happening in the market, ask the market."

"If you wait, ambrosial weather will come."

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."

"If you wait, there will come nectar - like fair weather."