A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.... >>
Be my enemy and go to my mill.... >>
A tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives.... >>
God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.... >>
It is a loss of soap to wash the ass's head.... >>
Great boaster, little doer.... (French) >>
With the help of an If you might put Paris into a bottle.... (French) >>
A murder may be forgiven, an affront never.... (Chinese) >>
Mend the pen only after the sheep are all gone.... (Chinese) >>
A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains... (Russian) >>