The water can only flow thanks to the well.
It's a bad child who does not take advice.
If you don't work you shan't eat.
When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised.
Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional.
The quarrel of the sheep doesn't concern the goats.
Practice with the left hand while the right is still there.
A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake.
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.
There are three things that a man must know to survive in this world: what is too much for him, what is too little, and what is just right.
Human blood is heavy; he who has shed it cannot run away.
News does not sleep on the way.
He who is drunk from wine can sober up, he who is drunk from wealth cannot.
A dog returns to where he has been fed.
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
Where water is the boss, there must the land obey.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
Where the cattle stand together, the lion lies down hungry.
Where the cattle are, there the wolf shall die.
When you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
When you see a palm tree, the palm tree has seen you.
When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.
When the heart acts the body is its slave.
When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
When a man says yes, his chi [personal god] says yes also.
When a man says he does not mind, then he really does.
