A stolen kiss is not easily returned.

Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.

No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.

An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair)

Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.

He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.

You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.

To send a kiss by messenger.

The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.