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• He who battles under the native skies gains the lion’s courage. • Your friend is your mirror.
• If you’re a friend to everyone – that means to no one. • What is hidden in heart is reflected on face.
• Do a kind deed and throw it into the water – it won’t be lost. • One who grows a forest never destroys it.
• If you are afraid of love then you are afraid of life. • A coward is afraid of his own shadow.
• A weak man has a long tongue. • He, who does not live for others, does not live for himself. • On the marriage of your son seek the advice of a dozen, on a divorce – of a hundred.
• A mother’s anger is like snow: there is much of it but it melts quickly. • Who does not value a kopeck takes no care of a ruble. • Men look for a beautiful woman, a homely one looks for a husband herself.
• If the neighbours are good ones, even a blind girl will get married. • It’s better to be a poor man in your homeland than a king in Cairo. • It is easy to find a friend – it is hard to preserve the friendship. • If you want to test a friend – look at him in anger.
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