Mencius, Chinese Wisdom:
Misfortunes issue where
diseases enter, at the mouth.
What is whispered in the ear is heard miles
away.
The gods cannot help
one who loses opportunities.
Dig your well before you are thirsty.
Swim with one foot on the ground.
Forbearance is the jewel of home.
A great man never loses the simplicity of a child.
Prefer what is right to your own kindred (in patronage).
He who soars not, suffers not by a fall.
If you receive an ox,
give back a horse.
*****