No woman is ugly when she is dressed.... >>
What is new cannot be true.... >>
To take ambition from a soldier, is to rob him of his spurs.... >>
To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease--we say in tight boots... >>
To a hasty demand a leisure reply.... >>
A stitch in time saves nine.... (French) >>
His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable... (French) >>
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.... (English) >>
Devils live in quiet pond.... (Russian) >>
Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.... (French) >>