A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
More Persian Proverbs:
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.Persian
A sharp tongue will cut off its own head.
Persian
If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it.
Persian
Debts are like women, once you have them you can't get rid of them.
Persian
In winter a fire is better than a muscat blossom.
Persian
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son.
Persian