476 Proverbs about Himself / Page 4
61. Wine does not intoxicate a man -- a man intoxicates himself.
62. What the superior man seeks in himself, the small man seeks in others.
63. A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.
64. A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
65. One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor between them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty.
66. He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself.
67. As ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.
68. He that chases another does not sit still himself.
69. He that makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolf.
70. He that tickles himself, may laugh when he will.
71. He that would please all, and himself too, Undertakes what he cannot do.
72. He who makes himself honey will be eaten by the bees.
73. He who mixes himself with the draff will be eaten by the swine.
74. Let every one look to himself, and no one will be lost.
75. The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.
76. When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself.
77. When the devil gets into the church he seats himself on the altar.
78. Every one for himself, and God for us all.
79. The innkeeper trusts his guests like he is himself.
80. Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.
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