“One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”

Don’t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.

A child is what you put into him.

In a family if you have somebody who is troublesome it’s the family members who are more worried than the troublesome member.

Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth.

However far a stream flows, it doesn’t forget its origin.

When deed speaks, words are nothing.

Every kind of love is love, but self-love is supreme among them.

Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit.

When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt.

The mother hen does not break its own eggs.

You know who you love but you can’t know who loves you.

A wise person doesn’t fall down the same hill twice.

A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around it.

Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop.

Seeing is different than being told.

If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.