Every cock is proud on his own dung hill.... >>
The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.... >>
From smooth water God preserve me, from rough I will preserve myself.... >>
It fares ill with the house where the spinning-wheel commands the swor... >>
If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor... >>
I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed fami... (French) >>
There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.... (French) >>
He never did a good day's work who went grumblingly about it... (French) >>
He who waits for another man's trencher often dines in imagi... (French) >>
The best thing about a man is his dog.... (French) >>