Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain. Failing to plan is planning to fail. Falling hurts least those who fly low. Far waters cannot quench near fires. Far-fetched and dear-bought is good for ladies. Farewell and be hanged; friends must part! Fight a wolf with a flex stalk. Fight fire with fire. Fight poison with poison Flies never visit an egg that has no crack. Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow them. Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them. Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites. Follow the local custom when you go to a foreign place. For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten. Forethought is easy, repentance hard. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Forget the favors you have given; remember those received. Fortune and flowers do not last forever. Four horses cannot overtake the tongue. Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. Friend, do not try to borrow combs from shaven monks. From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short. Garden flowers larger, field flowers stronger. Garlands are not for every brow. Get the coffin ready and watch the man mend. Girl who go camping must beware of evil intent. Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves. Girls will be girls. Give a beggar a bed and he'll repay you with a louse. Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever. Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. Going beyond is as bad as falling short. Gold and silver are mingled with dirt, till avarice parted them. Gold has its price; learning is beyond price. Gold is tested by fire, man by gold. Golden coloured on the outside, but rotten inside. Good (happenings, results, achievements etc..) must go through many trials and tribulations Good fortune may forebode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune. Good luck seldom comes in pairs but bad things never walk (occur) alone. Govern a family as you would cook a small fish--very gently. Govern yourself and you can govern the world. Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun. Great blessings come from heaven; small blessings come from man. Great boast, small roast. Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better. Great cry and little wool, as the fellow said when he sheared his hogs. Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last. Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring. Happy people never count hours as they pass. Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored. Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu. Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu. Have but few friends though much acquaintance. Have one's ears pierced only before the wedding ceremony starts. He comes with incense in one hand, in the other a spear. He has too many lice to feel an itch. He hath lived ill that knows not how to die well. He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog. He that has no money might as well be buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewn up. He that has no silver in his purse, should have silver on his tongue. He that has not bread to spare should not keep a dog. He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. He who can predict winning numbers should not set off fire crackers. He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them. He who carves the Buddha never worships him. He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. He who hurries cannot walk with dignity. He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves. He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit. Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart. How can you expect to find ivory in a dog's mouth? How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water. How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water? I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one. If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame. If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame. If a son is uneducated, his father is to blame. If a string has one end, then it has another end. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well. If an enemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers. If there is a wave there must be a wind. If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If you always give, you will always have. If you are in a hurry you will never get there. If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked. If you beat spice it will smell the sweeter. If you bow at all, bow low. If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. If you don't go into the cave of the tiger, how are you going to get its cub ? If you don't go into the cave of the tiger, how are you going to get its cub? If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain. If you don't speculate, you can't accumulate. If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. If you have a clear conscience, If you have money you can make the ghosts and devils turn your grind stone. If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils knocking at your door. If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door. If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily. If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it. If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune. If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow. If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him. If you want an audience, start a fight. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else. If you want happiness for a month - get married. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want pretty nurse, you must be patient. Illness comes in by mouth; ills come out by it. In every family's cooking pot is one black spot. In his decision the judge with seven reasons gives only one in court. In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft. In shallow holes moles make fools of dragons. In shallow waters, shrimps make fool of dragons. In the broken nest there are no whole eggs. In the coldest flint there is hot fire. In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter. In the presence of princes the cleverest jester is mute. Insects do not nest in a busy door-hinge. It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely. It is easier to know how to do than it is to do. It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting. It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins. It is not unusual for a general to meet his death in battle. It is the beautiful bird which gets caged. It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load. It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining. It's is impossible to change your basic characteristics. It's your own lantern; don't poke holes in the paper. Jade (or precious stones) must be carved and polished before it becomes an ornament, man must be educated before  he can achieve great things. Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools. Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today. Judge not the horse by his saddle. Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies. Just scales and full measure injure no man.