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The two words Peace and Tranquility
are worth a thousand pieces of gold.
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When your roof
needs mending it always rains.
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Abroad we look
at a man's clothes, at home we look at the man.
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A scholar
should not leave his books nor a poor man his pigs.
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Throw a tile over a wall and you cannot
tell where it will land.
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When the arrow is set in
the bow, it must fly.
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It is difficult to satisfy
the appetite by painting pictures of a cake.
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You cannot fight a tiger
without a brother's help.
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Bitter words are good
medicine; sweet words bring illness.
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It is a humiliation to make
peace with an enemy under the city wall.
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Horse and cow face the wind
differently.
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The past is as clear as a
mirror, the future is as dark as lacquer.
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When fortune is good you
rule over the devil; when fortune is bad, they rule over you.
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Sin is the root of all
sorrow.
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When the ear does not
listen, the heart escapes sorrow.
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There are times when even
the tiger sleeps.
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If you strike a snake
without killing it, it will bite you.
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It is better to do a kindness
near home than to walk miles to burn incense.
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He who wishes to secure the
good of others has already secured his own.
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If you do not enter the
tiger's den how can you get his cub?
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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.
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Give
a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and
you feed him for a lifetime.
