Meaning: One who curses others publicly will bring it upon themselves privately

Context: Harm wished upon others can rebound onto you

Meaning: One who nurses vengeance is not called wise

Context: Holding grudges is foolish

Meaning: One who travels aimlessly is not like one who sits idly; the traveler may pick up something

Context: It's better to be active than passive

Meaning: A person in too much of a hurry stubs their toe

Context: Haste makes waste

Meaning: He who goes to the quarterdeck and forecastle will return to the hold

Context: After adventures abroad, one eventually returns home

Meaning: A noisy person is harmless

Context: His bark is worse than his bite

Meaning: He who is carried must cling on

Context: If someone helps you, you must also help yourself

Meaning: Do not assume that someone with a scar is healed

Context: Old wounds, physical or emotional, can still cause pain

Meaning: He who is used to strangling cannot slaughter

Context: Some people prefer or are conditioned to doing things the hard way

Meaning: For one who is accustomed to taking, giving is a battle

Context: A selfish person finds it very hard to be generous

Meaning: The one who buries the ivory is the one to dig it up

Context: You are responsible for dealing with what you have hidden or created

Meaning: Your companion's burden is a load of kapok

Context: Another person's burden seems light to you

Meaning: One who gives birth cannot avoid ritual defilement

Context: You cannot achieve something significant without accepting the necessary consequences or hardships

Meaning: A joke, a joke, can discharge pus

Context: Do not ignore small problems, as they can become serious

Meaning: The washer conceals the corpse

Context: A professional does not reveal the secrets of their work

Meaning: The corpse-washer is washed in his turn

Context: Tit for tat; what goes around comes around

Meaning: The corpse-washer does no harm to the dead

Context: Some actions cannot hurt those who are beyond feeling

Meaning: He who asks for salt does so for his own cooking pot

Context: People act in their own self-interest

Meaning: A thief is caught by his fellow thief

Context: Set a thief to catch a thief

Meaning: Let a strong man pass

Context: Don't stand in the way of superior force