Great Throughts Treasury

"Overturned water doesn't return to the tray (There's no use crying over spilt milk)."

"Overturned water doesn't return to the tray."

"Out of karma-relation even the divine nature itself grows."

"Oxen go with oxen, horses with horses."

"Pleasure is the seed of pain; pain is the seed of pleasure."

"Perseverance is better than defeat."

"People want to avoid the dew before they become wet."

"Perseverance is power."

"Perseverance is strength."

"Poke a bush, a snake comes out (Let sleeping dogs lie)."

"Praying to Buddha one goes to hell."

"Promised [or, destined] from a former birth."

"Proof rather than argument."

"Preaching to Sƒkyamuni."

"Rained on ground hardens (Adversity builds character)."

"Rather ten thousand lanterns from a wealthy man than one lantern from a poor man."

"Repay your enemy with a favor."

"Repentance never comes first."

"Riches and honors unjustly gained are like floating clouds."

"Sake [in other words alcohol], reveals the true heart."

"Revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians."

"Scholars make poor rulers."

"Silent worms dig holes in the walls."

"Serious disasters come from small causes."

"Self-preservation is the first law of nature."

"Sickness is a thing of the spirit"

"Shown to a cat is forgotten in three days."

"Silence surpasses speech."

"So the insects of summer fly to the flame."

"Sleeping people can't fall down."

"Some people like to make of life a garden, and to walk only within its paths."

"Similarities outweigh the differences."

"Sparrows, though they live to be a hundred, do not forget their dance."

"Spilt water will not return to the tray."

"Stepping into a melon field, standing under a plum tree (, such behavior causes misunderstanding that you want to steal those fruits); implying that you must avoid actions which could be taken on a bad faith."

"Stumbling seven times but recovering eight."

"Summer heater winter fan. (Something which is out of season and therefore rendered useless.)"

"Take a profit from your loss."

"Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh (Nobody knows what tomorrow might bring)."

"Tall trees, much wind."

"Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily."

"Someone who gives up easily or is adverse to work."

"Ten men, ten colors"

"Test a horse by riding him and a person by accompanying him."

"The absent get further off every day."

"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists."

"The apple does not fall far from the tree."

"Ten men, ten minds."

"Tell not all you know, nor do all you can; Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket."

"The base of a lighthouse is dark."