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

If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile.

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Without love everything is in vain.

You should not call in a cat to settle the argument of two birds.

I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.

In a tree that you can’t climb, there are always a thousand fruits.

Pearls are of no value in a desert.

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.