• SELF PRAISE is no praise.
• The young crow is wiser than its mother.
• What is play to one is death to another.
• In a treeless country, the castor-oil plant is a big tree.
• A scalded cat dreads cold water.
• I am king, you a king: who is to fetch the water?
• To lose is to learn.
• Can your hands do what your tongue does?
• To lend is to buy a quarrel.
• He who will not climb will not fall.
• Man is his own devil.
• On a green tree there are many parrots.
• God gives food to every bird, but does not throw it into the nest.
• The washerman never tears his father's clothes.
• A fool went to fish, but lost his fishing-basket.
• The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
• Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
• A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.
• God takes care of a blind cow.
• One who cannot dance blames the floor.
• Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

Ref.: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/hindutales.html