Chicken are beautiful because of their feathers, women are beautiful because of their make-up.
If you are going into the wood -- don't leave your axe at home.
The sweetness of food doesn't last long, but the sweetness of good words do.
To a man wine is like water is to the boat; it can carry him or guzzle him up.
At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish.
The store of rice in your attic is your enemy -- it makes them who have none very jealous.
The heart of a woman is as capricious as a drop of water on a lotus leaf.