A frog in a well-shaft seeing the sky.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfect without trials.

A girl receives, a widow takes her husband.

A girl that blushes too much, knows too much.

A good bee never lands on a fallen flower.

A good breakfast cannot take the place of the evening meal.

A good client doesn't change shop in three years, a good shop doesn't change clients in three years.

A good dog does not bite a chicken and a good man does not hit his wife.

A good drum does not have to be beaten hard.

A good memory is not so good as a little ink.

A good storyteller must be able to lie a little.

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

A heart that is rotten - breath that smells.

A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks.

A hundred "no's" are less painful than on insincere "yes."

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A louse cannot lift the eiderdown.

A maker of idols is never an idolater.