A horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail. -- Russian proverb (on conscience)
A tree falls the way it leans. -- Walloon (on rewards and consequences)
Conscience makes cowards of us all. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Depend on others and you will go hungry. -- Nepalese (on self-reliance)
Depend on your walking stick; not on other people. -- Japanese (on self-reliance)
Empty sacks will never stand upright. -- Italian Proverb
Everyone gets their just deserts. -- unknown
He that goes aborrowing, goes asorrowing. -- R. Taverner (1545)
He that lies down with the dogs riseth with fleas. -- George Herbert (1593-1633)
Hurry is good only for catching flies. -- Russian (on the conduct of life)
It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Let the punishment fit the crime. -- W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Liars often set their own traps. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Little leaks sink the ship. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Medicine left in the container can't help. -- Yoruba (West African)
Mess with the bull and one usually gets the horns. -- Latin American saying
No sleep, no dreams. -- Korean (on rewards and consequences)
One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor. -- unknown
The eagle was killed with an arrow made with its own feathers. -- Armenian (on paradox)
The fat is in the fire. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
The frog enjoys itself in water but not in hot water. -- African proverb Wolof Tribe
The proof is in the pudding. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. -- Swedish Proverb
What you give is what you get. -- unknown
You can't buy an inch of time with an inch of gold. -- Chinese (on time and timeliness)
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