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This proverb warns that people who are overly cunning or 'sharp' often end up hurting themselves with their own schemes. It is a metaphor for how deceit or excessive cleverness can backfire.

This saying, often attributed to Hippocrates, suggests that the natural world and the body's own healing processes are the most effective way to recover from illness. While 'Time' is also a common proverb, 'Nature' is the specific traditional answer for this phrasing.

This proverb means that the consequences you face are a direct result of your previous actions. It uses an agricultural metaphor where 'sowing' seeds represents actions and 'reaping' represents the results.

This proverb means that everyone, no matter how humble or unsuccessful they may seem, will eventually have a moment of success or influence. It is a message of hope and patience.

This idiom describes doing things in the wrong order or focusing on the wrong priorities. Since a horse is supposed to pull a cart from the front, putting the cart first is illogical.

This famous proverb suggests that the written word and communication are more powerful and influential than physical violence or military force. It highlights the impact of ideas over weapons.

This proverb means that family ties and loyalties are stronger and more significant than relationships with people outside the family. It emphasizes the importance of kinship.

This proverb advises that it is much easier and more effective to stop a problem from occurring than to try to fix it after it has already happened. It is commonly used in health and safety contexts.

This is a literary proverb suggesting that in a state of perfect peace or paradise, the restless and often selfish desire for power (ambition) has no place. It contrasts worldly striving with spiritual contentment.

 Benign in this context means  not malignent or not dangerous.

 Summoned and subpeoned are official terms to refer when the police calls  somenone.

 Recluse is someone who likes to stay alone and takes time to mix with people, and reticent is someone who does not converse.

 To be on unsound mind.

 Straddle means to favour both sides of an issue.

 Wilted means to become loose.