| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Persian Proverbs |
| | | A needle’s eye is wide enough for two friends; the whole world is too narrow for two foes. | 1 |
| Fooled thou must be, though wisest of the wise; / Then be the fool of virtue, not of vice. | 2 |
| It takes ten pounds of common-sense to carry one pound of learning. | 3 |
| Of four things every man has more than he knows—of sins, and debts, and years, and foes. | 4 |
| ’Tis the same to him who wears a shoe as if the whole earth were thatched with leather. | 5 | | |
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