“A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.”

The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.

The axe forgets but the tree remembers.

A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he married.

The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.

Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.

A fool has to say something. A wise person has something to say.

Love doesn’t listen to rumors.

If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.

One who plants grapes by the roadside, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.

To try and to fail is not laziness.

He who refuses to obey cannot command.

Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.

Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.

Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.

A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.

Don’t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.