“A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.”
“In the daytime he runs away from the buffalo, but in the night he seizes the devil by the horn.”[25]
“Carry your wife your whole life on your back, but, if once you set her down, she will say, ‘I am tired.’”
“The just man always goes about with a bruised head.”
“Sit crooked, but speak straight.”
“Father and mother you will never find again, but wives as many as you list.”
“The blessing of many children has broken no man’s roof as yet.”
“Better an egg to-day than an ox next year.”
“No one throws a stone at a fruitless tree.”
“Patience and silence give the grapes time to grow sweet.”