“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”

Even if the sky falls on you, there is a hole that you can escape from.

A fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Even monkeys may fall from trees.

If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.

You automatically learn what you expose yourself to.

Don’t try to cover the whole sky with the palm of your hand.

Three years will eradicate even murderous thoughts.

Carve the peg by looking at the hole.

Honesty is the best policy.

A sheet of paper is lighter if two of you don’t try to carry it.

There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

If you buy cheap, you waste your money.

A nobleman’s calf does not know how a butcher kills.

You scratch where it itches.

Even a monkey sometimes falls from the tree.