|
|
若いときの苦労は買ってでもせよ | Heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age. A young idler an old beggar. |
わが家に |
East or west, home is the best. There is no place like home. |
One's own words often bring the greatest misfortune. | |
Bad luck often brings good luck. | |
渡る世間に鬼はなし | There is kindness to be found everywhere. Kindness will creep where it may not go. Man is man everywhere. |
笑いは |
Laughter is the best medicine. |
笑う門には福来る | Laugh and grow fat. Laugh and get fat. Fortune comes in by a merry gate. |
Every Jack must have his Jill. Every Jack has his Jill. There is no pot so ugly that a cover cannot be found for it. Such cup, such cover. |