The sage speaks of what he sees; the fool, of what he hears.
It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.
Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.
If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.
Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.
A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.
They asked the Turkmen whether he wants to buy bees, he said Why should I have all that buzz with my money?
The granary is at the point of the plowshare.
A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.
A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.
A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.
Study from new books but from old teachers
Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.
A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size.
A pound is sixteen ounces wherever you go.
There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
Fear an ignorant man more than a lion
He beats his breast who does not beat his child.
Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
A twig is bent while it is green.
A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.