You are only master of food that you haven't yet eaten.
Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold.
With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant.
Who can say with certainty that one will live to see the morrow?
When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire.
Water in the mouth before eating; water in the eyes when the bill comes.
To spread the news is to multiply it.
To set fire to the wood, you need the help of the wind.
Thieves never steal bells.
The young magpie that pulls feathers out of his mother thinks that he is showing gratitude in that way.
The wise understand; fools follow the reports of others.
The wise understand by themselves, fools follow the reports of others.
The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs.
The rubbish we speak is like froth on the water, actions are drops of gold.
The person who gets stuck on petty happiness will not attain great happiness.
The moon grows darker as it gets nearer to the sun.
The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule.
Only a certain amount of flowers and jewels are beautiful.
One good punch on your enemy's nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders.
No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.
My enemy's liver is the sheath of my sword.
Men will always lose the battle against cholera and bureaucracy.
Master and servant - both have the same body odor.
Luck that lasts is always suspect.
It is hard work to be the mother of many pigs.
It is better to live for one day as a tiger than to live for a thousand years as a sheep.
If there is only one earring among seven daughters, there will always be a quarrel on festival days.
If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition.
If peace reigns in the land, a nun can govern it.
He who knows a great deal has a hundred eyes.
