African Proverb
He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
A camel never sees its own hump.
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.
However long the night, the dawn will break.
No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse.
Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.