Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity;... >>
The old wife, if she does not serve for a pot, serves for a cover.... >>
Never offer your hen for sale on a rainy day.... >>
The hen lays upon an egg.... >>
No joy without alloy.... >>
Children and fools have merry lives.... (French) >>
Some thinking to avenge their shame increase it.... (French) >>
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlo... (Miscellaneous) >>
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.... (English) >>
A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.... (French) >>