A bad rower blames the oar. Icelandic proverb.

Don’t use up your arrows before you go to battle. Burmese proverb.

They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting. Russian Proverb

Books are silent masters. Hungarian Proverb.

The pen stings worse than an arrow. Yiddish Proverb

Don’t use up your arrows before you go to battle. Burmese proverb.

No one gets into trouble without his own help. Danish Proverb.

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty in civil life. Chinese provert.

You hang with dogs, you’ll catch their fleas. Belize Proverb.