To a hard knot a hard wedge.... >>
An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.... >>
Fresh port and new wine, send a Christian to the churchyard. (Kill a m... >>
A daily guest is a thief in the kitchen.... >>
A grand eloquence, little conscience.... >>
One deceit brings on another.... (French) >>
Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way... (Biblical) >>
No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.... (Russian) >>
Courtesy that is all on one side cannot last long.... (French) >>
There is a pinch of the madman in every great man... (Russian) >>