Once I had the strength but no wisdom now I have the wisdom but no strength.
It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one pound of learning.
Children are the bridge to heaven.
Be not imitator; freshly act thy part; through this world be thou an independent ranger; better is the faith that springeth from thy heart than a better faith belonging to a stranger.
A friend is like a poem.
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met man who had no feet.
The man who speaks the truth is always at ease.
You only appreciate your father the day you become a father yourself.
You don't put a wooden pot on the fire twice.
You can't take blood from a stone.
You can't squeeze blood from a rock.
You can't put new wine in old bottles.
You can't put an old head on young shoulders.
You can't push on a rope.
You can't polish a turd.
The public improves the speaker's speech.
When fate strikes physicians are useless.
A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months.
A snake can change its skin but not its disposition.
A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.
As the wise man looks for a bridge the fool crosses the river.
Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous.
Courtesie is cumbersome to them that ken it not.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Flies will easily fly into the honey - their problem is how to get out.
He whose heart is aroused by love will never die.
If the sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.
In your neighbors' soup there is always one fatty morsel.
Who has not had a taste longs to do so, but for whom has tasted then the longing is a hundred times more.
Women are just like cats - they always land on their feet.
