“If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.”

The nicest woman is your own; the nicest harvest is your neighbors.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

One good turn deserves another.

After three years at a village schoolhouse, even a dog can recite a poem.

You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.

The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.

Do not draw your sword to kill a fly.

Through old things, we learn new things.

There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible.

A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.

An empty cart rattles loudly.

Let the fox guard the sheep.