The gossips fall out and tell each other truths.... >>
Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.... >>
It is not in the pilot's power to prevent the wind from blowing.... >>
A mute bird makes no omen.... >>
He who has shipped the devil, must carry him over the sound.... >>
God saves the moon from the wolves.... (French) >>
A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains... (Russian) >>
A courtier should be without feeling and without honour.... (French) >>
May and December never agree.... (French) >>
A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... (French) >>