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• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

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• don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen - proverb

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• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

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• no news is good news - proverb

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• where might is master, justice is servant - proverb

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• the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first - proverb

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• names and natures do often agree - proverb

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• to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer - proverb

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• without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life - proverb

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• nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

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• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

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• tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb

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• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind [literal] - proverb - sensitive

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• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

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• prevention is better than cure - proverb

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• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

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• speech is silver, silence is golden - proverb

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• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

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• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb

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• you can never be too careful - proverb

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• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

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• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

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• in traveling, companionship; in life, kindness - proverb

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• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

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• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb