To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease--we say in tight boots... >>
When God gives light he gives it for all.... >>
Where there is no want of will, there will be no want of opportunity.... >>
When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave.... >>
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.... >>
I'd rather have them say "There he goes" than "Here he lies.... (American) >>
Lion-skins were never had cheap.... (French) >>
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for... (French) >>
That often happens in a day which does not happen in a hundr... (French) >>
No wind can do him good who steers for no port.... (French) >>