Meaning: You're dried where you got wet

Context: Problems must be solved where they began — face your issues

Meaning: Speech is fluid; it goes wherever it's pulled

Context: Conversations follow influence — steer talk wisely

Meaning: The elder's speech is a summary

Context: Wisdom is concise — the experienced speak efficiently

Meaning: Few words, much work

Context: Silent doers achieve more than loud talkers

Meaning: One man speaks to you one way, another hears you differently

Context: Miscommunication is common — choose words carefully

Meaning: Hot and cold words meet at one place

Context: Extreme tempers meet in conflict — moderation prevents strife

Meaning: Good speech is charity

Context: Kind words are as valuable as giving — verbal goodness blesses both

Meaning: A cow that has seen a lion won't graze carelessly

Context: Experience teaches caution — fear shapes wisdom

Meaning: While the word is in your heart, it's safe

Context: Once spoken, you lose control — silence is strength

Meaning: Talk was ruined by "say more," and soup was spoiled by "stir more"

Context: Excess spoils all — moderation in speech and action

Meaning: When labor pains begin, secrecy ends

Context: Some truths can't be hidden forever — time reveals all

Meaning: One fights as he's been beaten

Context: Experience hardens resolve — adversity breeds strength

Meaning: If you must lie, make it sound true

Context: Even lies require craft — truthfulness is easier in the end

Meaning: If all things were equal, no rain would fall

Context: Nature thrives on difference — inequality sustains balance

Meaning: You can't boast of your weapon or your herd

Context: True wealth isn't in possessions — humility outlasts pride

Meaning: A cow that refuses the brush will still find a tree to scratch

Context: Everyone seeks comfort — instinct finds its way

Meaning: If you're dying, wipe your saliva

Context: Keep dignity even in death — self-respect never ends

Meaning: If you're spoken of, people will talk; if you gossip, you'll be spoken of

Context: Gossip begets gossip — what you give returns to you

Meaning: If haste bears sons, slowness bears bags of gold

Context: Patience leads to wealth — careful timing wins

Meaning: If the eldest misbehaves, what do you expect of the younger?

Context: The example set by elders shapes the youth