Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear and man from all sides.
Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant either.
There is no shame in not knowing the shame lies in not finding out.
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.)
He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.