“It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness, as a rough translation of a Chinese proverb goes.”

“Long admired as a poet and proverbialist, Anonymous this year turned his pen to fiction.”

“The shows have been packed to the proverbials, with punters lining up to get some one-to-one time with their gag gurus.”

“Let's just say that I've been rushed off my proverbials, settling into life in London.”

“It's tough to choose a single epitaph for a man who invoked so many epigrams and proverbs.”

“Riddles and proverbs can influence each other and sometimes a piece of advice in proverb form can be turned into a riddle, or vice versa.”

“All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles.”