“Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.”

If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.

They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.

What is now in the past was once in the future.

You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.

Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water.

Advice sharpens a rusty opinion.

Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.

It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.

Regularity is the best medicine.

You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.

It’s better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors.

A mother is a school, preparing her is like preparing a good nation.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person.

Where the needle goes, the thread follows.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.