Tamil proverbs

• The beauty of a heart is visible in the face.
• Elephants can also slip.
• Even a crow finds its child golden.
• Though Mustard is small, it is still hot

(Don't measure the worth of a person by their size/shape)

• Do you need to be paid to eat a sugarcane?
• Don't dip your leg in water before knowing the depth.
• Be the first for the feast and last for the battle
• A thorn can only be removed with another thorn.
• A single tree will not make an orchid.
• The worth of your shadow is only known when the sun is beating down hot.
• A pot that is filled will not spill.

(Knowledgeable people don't make unnecessary noise)

• A drunkard's words are gone the next day.
• Tiger never eats grass, even if hungry.
• Make a wrong doer feel shy, by doing him a favour.
• Whoever rules the country(whether it is Rama 0r Ravanna)I am not at all worried.
• There is no use in crying Shankara! Shankara! (Hindu God) in your death bed.
• Even if you believe big, don't believe small.
• Dumb fellow spoils the township,big rat spoils his name.
• Even if you put in river, measure and put.
• When frog makes noise, snake swollows(thavalai than vaayal kedum).
• Even if you go to Kasi(pilgrimage site) you cannot wipe your sins