• A drunkard's words are gone the next day.

• A pot that is filled will not spill.
  • (Knowledgeable people don't make unnecessary noise)

• A single tree will not make an orchid.

• A thorn can only be removed with another thorn.

• Be the first for the feast and last for the battle

• Do you need to be paid to eat a sugarcane?

• Don't dip your leg in water before knowing the depth.

• Dumb fellow spoils the township,big rat spoils his name.

• Elephants can also slip.

• Even a crow finds its child golden.

• Even if you believe big, don't believe small.

• Even if you go to Kasi(pilgrimage site) you cannot wipe your sins

• Even if you put in river, measure and put.

• Kind words conquer.

• Make a wrong doer feel shy, by doing him a favour.

• The worth of your shadow is only known when the sun is beating down hot.

• There is no use in crying Shankara! Shankara! (Hindu God) in your death bed.

• Though Mustard is small, it is still hot.
  • (Don't measure the worth of a person by their size/shape)

• Tiger never eats grass, even if hungry.

• When frog makes noise, snake swollows(thavalai than vaayal kedum).

• Whoever rules the country(whether it is Rama or Ravanna)I am not at all worried.

• It is good to have fools as friends because when they leave you feel no pain. (Source: thirrukural)

• One's knowledge is only a handful of sand, there is still a ocean of knowledge to learn (Source:Ovvayar)

• Be like a bee, taking only the nectar from your experiences