“A dog always bites under the knee.”

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.

Any water in the desert will do.

The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.

Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision.