10. The dog took fright at a wolf,
And barked all the year round at a stump.
11. Who ever heard of a fish being prized
As long as it stayed in the stream?
12. They shot at the ripe—but the green fruit fell.
13. Leave a good deed on a stone by the way,
Thou’lt find it again after many a day (i.e. Cast thy bread on the waters).
14. I say it—but whether it happen or no
’Tis nothing to do with me.
15. Eat and drink up whatever is thine,
But cross thyself over all that’s mine.
16. Who slew me?—My brother.
Who brought me back to life?—My brother.
17. The well-doer receives not good in return.
18. The truthful man is always duped.
19. My father I love, my mother I love—
But myself I prefer before all.