It is better to leap over the ditch than trust to the pleadings of goo... >>
The grey mare is the better horse.... >>
For evil tongues, scissors.... >>
When you die, your trumpeter will be buried.... >>
A good thing lost is a good thing valued.... >>
A good dog never gets a good bone.... (French) >>
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercep... (Dutch) >>
Great thieves always have their sleeves full of gags.... (French) >>
A man who wants bread is ready for anything.... (French) >>
A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves.... (Russian) >>