However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can of him of life.
Malayan Proverb

If you dip your arm into the pickle pot let it be up to the elbow.
Malayan Proverb

It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the tone to sink.
Malayan Proverb

Kick away the ladder and one's feet are left dangling.
Malayan Proverb

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Malayan Proverb

The betrothed of good is evil, The betrothed of life is death, The betrothed of love is divorce.
Malayan Proverb

The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.
Malayan Proverb

The cradle is rocked but the baby is pinched.
Malayan Proverb

The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed.
Malayan Proverb

Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the root.
Malayan Proverb