a cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship

a fool dreams of wealth a wiseman of happiness

a lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man

a man is judged by his work

a person does not seek luck luck seeks a person

a wise man does his own work

activity breeds prosperity

beauty passes wisdom remains

better a wise foe than a foolish friend

for every wise man there is one still wiser

give nine save ten

he who has no bread has no authority

if you wish to do a good deed consult no one

listen a hundred times ponder a thousand times speak once

no matter where you go your destiny follows

once a friend always a friend

patience is bitter but it bears sweet fruit

the granary is at the point of the ploughshare

two captains will sink a ship

two watermelons cannot be held under one arm