Friend, Chinese Proverb

衣莫若新 人莫若故

- 中國俗談

Friendship is like wine - the older, the better.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chilean Proverb

Never defecate more than what you eat.

- Chilean Proverb

Wisdom, Chinese Proverb

A good rat will not injure the grain near its own hole. - Chinese Proverb

Work, Chinese Proverb

空行空返。 - 中國俗談

No song, no supper. - Chinese Proverb

Cake, Czech Proverb

Bez práce nejsou koláče.
Literal translation: There are no cakes without a job.

- Czech Proverb

Idiomatic translation: No pain, no gain.
Source: Šedivý, Ivo Bez práce nejsou koláče (1982)

Family, Book of Proverbs

Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 1

[17:1] A “better than” saying, stating the circumstances when a dry crust is better than a banquet. Peace and fellowship give joy to a meal, not the richness of the food. For a similar thought, see 15:16 and 16:8.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Vocation, Book of Isaiah

Yet just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,

So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me empty,
but shall do what pleases me,
achieving the end for which I sent it.

+ The Book of Isaiah 55,10-11

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/55