1. HE who runs in the morning will tire before the day's march is over.
2. The monkey cannot be trusted to give a fair judgment on forest matters.
3. Do not call out for help before you need it.
4. He who has never had a sorrow cannot speak words of comfort.
5. Even a wise man does not know everything.
6. You can't dig with a spade handle, but it helps the spade to dig.
7. A dog knows his own business and his master's too.
8. Friendship is like a tailor's seam; it is the unpicking which causes trouble.
9. Splutter splutter isn't fire.
10. If you suffer in order to be beautiful don't blame anyone but yourself.
11. You never can tell if bananas are worth the trouble of making beer until you have done some of the work.
12. He who makes friends is wiser than he who quarrels.
13. Never give advice to an enemy.
14. Caution is not cowardice: even the ants march armed.
15. He who goes slowly goes far.
16. It is no good asking the spirits to help you run if you don't mean to sprint.
17. No man fears what he has seen grow.
18. He who says others are swindling will not lend you anything.
19. Beer isn't food: don't be content with it.
20. He who has two homes never gets a meal.
21. The champion who has thrown his opponent says: "That is enough."
22. You can't tell the age of a beardless man, or the time on a cloudy day.
23. What the herd will stand the cowherd will put up with.
24. Let me die for something worth while.
25. The grumbler does not leave his job, but he discourages possible applicants.
26. The iron fears the blacksmith.
27. A man who is always being slandered is like a knife constantly in use–no one has time to polish it.
28. Lazy people always set others to work.
29. Everyone has his own tastes.
30. Wait until you are grown up before you try to jump as far as your father.
