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A defeated wrestler is not tired of wrestling.
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.
A person does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.
A single advantage is worth a thousand sorceries.
A thousand regrets do not cancel one debt.
A thousand years hence the river will run as it did.
A thread-bare coat is armour proof against highwaymen.
A true word needs no oath.
A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.
Abundance is from activity.
An ass does not appreciate fruit compote.
An ember burns where it falls.
An emmet may work its heart out, but can never make honey.
An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea.
An Englishman's home is his castle.
An Englishman's word is his bond.
Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.
Call the bear "Uncle" till you are safe across the bridge.
Call your husband cuckold in jest, an he'll never suspect you.
Do not search for a calf under an ox.
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
Even too much praise is a burden.
God postpones, he does not overlook.
Good actions are never lost.
Good advice is given; good esteem is no given.
Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak.
Hawks will not pick out hawk's eyes.
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.
He that considers in prosperity; will be less afflicted in adversity.
He that converses not knows nothing. 
He that falls by himself never cries.
He that falls to-day may be up again to-morrow.
He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.
He that fears you present will hate you absent.
He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper.
He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.
He that speaks without care shall remember with sorrow.
He that speaks, sows; he that hears, reaps.
He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth.
He who has no bread has no authority.
If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup.
Keep the tongue in your mouth a prisoner.
Measure a thousand times and cut once.
No camel route is long with good company.
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
Patience is the key to paradise.
Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood.
The account of the donkey is different from that of the donkey-man.
The baker's child goes hungry.
The cheese vessel will not sail merely by words.
The plumber's house always leaks.
The point in question is yet undecided.
The raven sees its chickens as falcons.
There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence.
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
There is no royal road to learning.
To beg of the miser is to dig a trench in the sea.
To believe a business impossible is the way to make it so.
Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.
Tomorrow is another day.
Two captains sink the ship.
Two captains will sink the ship.
Two watermelons cannot be held under one arm.
What a man suffers is the punishment of his tongue.
What flares up fast, extinguishes soon.
When you tell the truth, have one foot in the stirrup.
Who gossips to you will gossip about you.
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