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If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
 That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage 
against her will.  
 That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage 
against her will. 
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
 To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him 
at all.  
 To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him 
at all. 
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
 He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his 
love of possessing wealth.  
 He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his 
love of possessing wealth. 
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.