EXPRESSIVE CHINESE PROVERBS.
New milk is not got from a statue.
An emperor may have the measles.
A disobedient son is a mad bull tied to his father's pigtail.
The man who breaks his egg in the centre is a fool.
He who marries an angry woman must sleep in a bed of fireworks.
One bird's-nest in the soup is worth two hundred in the bush.
A wise man at court is like a mermaid in a ball-room.
Carrying a peacock on your head does not make you a nobleman.
Teaching a woman scandal is like teaching a kettle to boil.
A comet can be caught any time by putting a little salt on its tail.
Ambition is like hunting for fleas.
If a golden key wont open a woman's heart, try one of brass.
Shave with a file, if you like, but don't blame the razor.
Looking into the future is like giving a blind man a pair of spectacles to see through a millstone.
The hasty man drinks his tea with a fork.