If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled.

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

You can tease it’s mane all you like, but you can’t turn a house cat into a lion.

The mine is always bigger than the gem.

Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.

In the heated idleness of youth we were all rather inclined to quarrel with the implication of that proverb which says that a rolling stone gathers no moss. We were inclined to ask, “Who wants...

The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.

Human beings say, “It never rains but it pours.” This is not very apt, for it frequently does rain without pouring. The rabbits’ proverb is better expressed. They say, “One cloud feels lonely”: and indeed...

A proverb is like a herb to cure and curb any life’s mental illness.

Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret.

No colour comes after black.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più,...

Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.

Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.

To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.–Shin’a’in saying

Show a man too many camels’ bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one.

An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.

If you have two shirts, sell one and with the money buy a flower’.

Patience is bitter, but bears a sweet fruit.

For wisdom: read your Bible repeatedly and apply its truths often.

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

Nothing is what it seems. Favoured Pashtu proverb of Jan Fishan Khan.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One lie will keep out forty truths.

Opportunity’s precious, and time is a sword.

Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.

Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement.

Ideas are worth a dime dozen, but people who put them into action are priceless

One lie will keep out forty truths

THE BIRD AND THE WATERA bird which has not heard of fresh waterDips his beak in salt-water year after year.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Learning without action is like wax without honey.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.

Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have.

THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest MindThe heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)

Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it...

The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round.

Hold mirth tight against your breast, but answer every injury with bladed heart.

When the winds of change blows, some people build walls and others build windmills.

A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man’s own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird.

Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders

Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.

Without shame, without conscience.

It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.

Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

Rust through washing never became white.