Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard.Proverbs and old sayings about ridicule, contentment
The most praised form of fluency is silence when talk isn't wise.Proverbs and old sayings about silence
He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion.Proverbs and old sayings about fasting
O! You sitting, may God protect you from the evils of the comers.Proverbs and old sayings about god, contentment
If you want to hit your mother-in-law, be sure to split her head.Proverbs and old sayings about law, mother, heads, contentment
The only more dear to you than your child, is your child's child.Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment
When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults.Proverbs and old sayings about god, man
If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give.Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
A horse which is tamed at forty is only good for resurrection day.Proverbs and old sayings about day, good, good luck
He who peeps at the neighbor's window may chance to lose his eyes.Proverbs and old sayings about chance, eyes
If you cannot take things by the head, then take them by the tail.Proverbs and old sayings about heads, things, contentment
Three things to fear: a crumbling wall, an angry dog, and a shrew.Proverbs and old sayings about fear, things
Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat.Proverbs and old sayings about fasting