Proverbs

Thoughts are like arrows: once
released, they strike their mark.

Guard them well or one day you
may be your own victim.

Do not spit into the well you may
have to drink out of.

Children are love made visible.

You will understand a parent's love
when you hold your own child in
your arms.

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

If we could sell our experiences for
what they cost us, we'd all be
millionaires.

If you dig a grave for others, you
might fall into it yourself.

Envy shoots at others and wounds
herself.

Where there is a pro there is a con.

There is no sun without a shadow.

People hate what they do not
understand.
Don't hate - it's too big a burden
to bear.
He who doesn't look ahead
remains behind.
If you look back, you'll soon be
going that way.
Friendship is like wine, the older
it is the better it is.
There is no need like the lack of a
friend.
He who plants a garden plants
happiness.
You can plant a dream.
Horse sense is just stable thinking.
Common sense is genius dressed in
its working clothes.
No matter how fast the lie, in the
end the truth will pass it.

The language of truth is simple.

A friend's eye is a good mirror.

There is no better mirror than the
face of an old friend.

There is no fear where there is faith.

Faith is not belief without proof,
but trust without reservations.

Work on your reputation until it is
established; when it is established,
it will work for you.

Reputation is what you are in the
light; character is what you are in
the dark.

Grief shared is half grief; joy shared
is double joy.

A joy that's shared is a joy made
double.

He who speaks sows, and he who
listens harvests.

The eyes of men speak words the
tongue cannot pronounce.

May the Lord grant me a sword
and no need to use it.

Peace is costly, but it is worth the
expense.

Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-
sorrowing.

Do not try to fight a lion if you are
not one yourself.

Don't look back: Something may
be gaining on you.

Treat the world well. It was not
given to you by your parents. It was
willed to you by your children.

One generation passed away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abided forever.

He who follows his own advice must
take the consequences.

It's no use giving good advice
unless you have the wisdom to go w
ith it.

Proverbs in conversation are
torches in darkness.

A proverb is to speech what salt is to
food.

Flowers are for our souls to enjoy.

If you enjoy the fruit, pluck not the
flower.

The best way to find happiness is
not to search for it.

Everything comes to him who waits.

Age should think and youth should
do.

It is better to wear out than to rust
out.

Conscience is the voice of the soul.

Conscience is a mother-in-law
whose visit never ends.