“Make distance between you and every dirtiness.”

Ask the experienced rather than the learned.

Ask your purse what you should buy.

Days are like countries. This means that a country might be great today, but not tomorrow. This applies to people as well.

Send a wise man; don’t advise him.

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.

Do not eat your bread on somebody else’s table. This means that you shouldn’t benefit off of someone else’s expense; as in, you shouldn’t dirty someone else’s table if you’re just going to be eating your bread.

Good health is a crown worn by the healthy than only the ill can see.

Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.

There’s always tomorrow.

Good health is a crown worn by the healthy that only the ill can see.

Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

Winds blow counter to what the ship wants. You don’t always get everything your way.

The key to everything is determination.

A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.

The carpenter’s door is loose. This might refer to the idea that people who make a profession or a habit of one thing might not have the time to even use that skill in their own life. They take care of everyone except for themselves.

An envious person is the unhappiest.