Transliteration: Akāriyattil pakīratap piriyattaṉamā ceykiṟatu?.Jensen (1897) explained: "If you begin a work, do it thoroughly and not superficially.".
Herman Jensen, A classified collection of Tamil proverbs, 1897, p.Jensen (1897) explained: "A hedge between keeps friendship green.".Translation: If (two people) live at a distance, their hatred will turn into friendship.Transliteration: Akala iruntāl pakaiyum uṟavām.Jensen (1897) explained: "Friends agree best at a distance.".Translation: If separated by a long distance, there will be long-lived friendship, but if they are near each other, there will be perfect hatred.Transliteration: Akala iruntāl nikaḷa uṟavu, kiṭṭavantāl muṭṭap pakai.Jensen (1897) explained: "Used of a forward child that needs a little management.".Translation: If his spoon is made smaller, he will be manageable ( or his fatness will be reduced).Transliteration: Akappai kuṟaittāl, maṭṭattukku varuvāṉ (or koḻuppu ellām aṭaṅkum).Jensen (1897) explained: "No one sins thinking that he will have to suffer for it.".Translation: Does a thief steal expecting that he will be caught?.Transliteration: Akappaṭṭukkoḷvēṉ eṉṟē kaḷḷaṉ kaḷavu eṭukkiṟatu?.Jensen (1897) explained: "Saturn situated in the eighth sign from that of one's birth is supposed to exercise a most malignant influence.".Translation: He who was caught was under the influence of Saturn in the eight sign and he who escaped, was under the influence of Saturn in the ninth.Transliteration: Akappaṭṭavaṉukku aṣṭamattuc caṉi, ōṭippōṉavaṉukku oṉpatām iṭattu irājā."The countenance is the index of the mind.".Translation: The beauty of the soul is known in the face.Transliteration: Akattiṉ aḻaku mukattil teriyum.Translation: However many fruits the akatti tree ( coronilla) yields, they are only fit to throw away.Transliteration: Akatti āyiram kāyttālum puṟatti puṟattiyē.Percival, Tamil proverbs: with their English translation, 1874, p. Translation: God Himself is the help of the helpless.Transliteration: Akatikkut tēyvamē tuṇai.
Translation: Heaven helps the helpless.Transliteration: Akatikku ākāsamēy tuṇai.