Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
   
  Never test the depth of a river with both feet.
   
  Smooth seas do no make skillful sailors.
   
 
 
  A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
   
  Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need most.
   
  If it's worth fighting for, it's worth fighting dirty for.
   
  Never do card tricks with the boys you play poker with.
   
  Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
   
  The most dangerous food a man can eat is wedding cake.
   
  The wages of sin are unreported.
   
  Women's word is never done.
   
   
   
  An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
   
  Examine what is said, not who speaks.
   
  He who has wealth, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
   
   
   
  If a man fools me once, shame on him. If the same man fools me twice, shame on me.
   
 
   
  A dog won't forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
   
  A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
   
  All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today and yesterday.
   
  An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
   
  An overcrowded chicken farm produces fewer eggs.
   
  Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
   
  Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
   
  Crows everywhere are equally black.
   
  Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
   
  Dig the well before you are thirsty.
   
  Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst or put out a fire close at hand.
   
  Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
   
  Dream different dreams while on the same bed.
   
  Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.
   
  Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
   
  Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
   
  He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
   
  He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
   
  Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
   
  If one branch doesn't move, the many branches won't stir.
   
  If someone does not lead, no one will follow.
   
  If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if your are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
   
  If you stand straight do not fear a crooked shadow.
   
  It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.
   
  Law controls the lesser man - Right conduct controls the greater one.
   
  Man fools himself. He prays for a long life, and he fears old age.
   
  Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
   
  Over no home can the sign be hung: There is no trouble here.
   
  The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
   
  The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
   
  The tongue, like a sharp knife, Kills without drawing blood.
   
  The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
   
  Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
   
  To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
   
  To talk goodness is not good, only to do it is.
   
  What you cannot avoid, welcome.
   
 
 
  Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
 
 
 
  Everyone must row with the oars he has.
   
  Use soft words and hard arguments.
   
   
   
  A closed mouth catches no flies.
   
  A good bone does not always come to a good dog.
   
  The leaves fall before the tree dies.
   
   
   
  Where there is shame there is hope for virtue.
 
 
 
  A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they shall never sit in.
   
  Milk the cow but do not pull off the udder.
 
 
 
  Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
 
 
 
  A friend's eye is a good mirror.
   
  A hen is heavy when carried far.
   
  A lock is better than suspicion.
   
  Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.
   
  Even a small thorn causes festering.
   
  Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
   
  He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
   
  If you want to be criticized, marry.
   
  It is a long road that has no turning.
   
  It is not a secret if it is known by three people.
   
  It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.
   
  It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day.
   
  Lack of resource has hanged many a person.
   
  Praise the young and they will blossom
   
  Put silk on a goat and it's still a goat.
   
  Small stones suit walls as well as big ones.
   
  The hole is more honorable than the patch.
   
  The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
   
  The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
   
  There is no need like the lack of a friend.
   
  There is no strength without unity.
   
  Time is a great story teller.
   
  You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
   
   
   
  Who depends on another man's table often dines late.
   
  At a round table there is no dispute about place.
   
  Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
   
   
   
  Misers amass wealth for those who wish them dead.
   
   
   
  Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
   
   
 
  Get what you can and keep what you have. That's the way to get rich.
   
   
   
  The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.
   
   
   
  When in doubt who will win, be neutral.
 
 
 
  No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
   
   
   
  You cant's hold your head high with your hand out.