• if the moon be with thee, thou need not to care about the stars.
• when the angels present themselves, the devils abscond.
• at the close of night the cries are heart
• the world is a mirror; show thyself in it, and it will reflect thy image.
• i best know the sun of my own country.
• the devil does not destroy his house.
• what does heaven care for the cries of dogs?
• he gave him the sheep’s ear.
• he gave him the vinegar to drink upon the wings of flies.
• he let him see the stars in day time.
• when the monkey reigns, dance before him.
• the walls have ears.
• feed the mouth, the eye will be bashful.
• every man—and his own care.
• the day obliterates the word (or promise) of the night
• the promise of the night is rubbed with butter which melts away when the day shines upon it
• like a needle that clothes people and is itself naked; i have become like a wick placed in a lamp, it affords light to the people while itself is burnt
• be of good memory if you become a liar.
• if a man were made of gold, certain parts of him would be wood.
• if his mouth were silent another part of him would speak.
• her meat and his meat cannot be cooked together in the pot.
• to the lion belongs whatever his hand has seized.
• were it not for the tears the ribs would have been burnt.
• he is not in hell where neither water nor trees can be found.
• if a blow were to fall from heaven it would not light upon any thing but his neck.
• the tongue of experience has the most truth.
• he reads nothing but the sentences of torments and the book of thunderbolts.
• the hawk is not frightened by the cries of the crane.
• he finds no ascent to heaven and no seat on earth.
• it is not every spirit that enters the glass bottle.
• death was not sufficient for the dead, the grave moreover must press upon him.
• the fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons.
• the death of the wife is the renewal of the wedding.
• how many are the roads that lead not to the heart!
• among the pottery there is none like him.
• it is written upon the cucumber leaf: he who watches during the night sleeps during the day.
• the dust alone can fill the eye of man.
• it is nothing but the fire of the magians
• him whom goodness cannot mend, evil will not mend.
• he who loves a thing often talks of it.
• who is able to restore yesterday, or to plaster over the rays of the sun?
• they embraced her, she remained silent; they reproached her, then she assumed airs.
• the fire of reeds is of rapid extinction
• he was born with noah in the ark
• man is the slave of beneficence
• the clarinet is in my sleeve and the breath in my mouth
• it is an hour’s poison.
• tear off the curtain of doubt by questions.
• the knife has reached the bone.
• the door has rested upon it’s hinges.
• a fine face, but eats vile things.
• sour faces and deceitful hearts.
• his face cuts off all gain.
• the pharoh of alexandria has fallen down. “god save us,” said they, “even from the very dust of it.”
• more easy to be broken than the house of the spider.
• neither with thine eye hast thou seen, nor with thy heart hast thou loved.
• there is no peace until after enmity.
• neither handsome, nor liberal, nor good-natured.
• do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep.
• neither for the sword nor for the guest.
• he slips out through the coat of mail.
• he swims in a span of water.
• the gold wants bran.
• he eats and sighs.
• he resembles the bread seeing only the smoke.
• a day that is not thine own, do not reckon it as of thy life.
• he walks upon the highest part of the wall and says “for safety we trust to god!”
• he tells lies of the dead and belies the living.
• he contents himself with the suspicion of doing evil actions.
• he causes enmity between the bear and his fodder.
• a rose issues from thorns.
• he longs for war but dislikes the battle.
• on the day of victory no fatigue is felt.
• he gives advice as the cat gives to the mouse or the devil to man.
• he builds a palace and ruins a city.
• he advances one leg and draws back the other.
• the dominion does not last for ever.
• he strikes my face, and says “why does this man cry?”

(insp.)