Beware of the person who gives you advice according to his own interests.
People are like grass in the field: some blossom, some wither.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
You can’t force anyone to love you or to lend you money.
Better an honest smack in the face than a false kiss.
First improve yourself, and then judge others.
What the daughter does, the mother did.
Charity is the spice of riches.
Do not meet troubles half-way.
Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.
Even the most expensive clock still shows sixty minutes in every hour.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
The poor fool is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
What one has, one doesn’t want, and what one wants, one doesn’t have.
When two divorced people marry, four people get into bed.
As you do, so will be done to you.
If you can’t go over, you must go under.
The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
First learn, and then form opinions.
Taxes grow without rain.
Whoever enjoys his life is doing the Creator’s will.
He who has no hand cannot clench his fist.
A half-truth is a whole lie.
Hospitality is one form of worship.
Not to have felt pain is not to have been human. 