A bad compromise is better than a successful suit.... >>
If there were no receiver there would be no thief.... >>
The land a man knows is his mother.... >>
He who has to deal with a blockhead has need of much brains.... >>
Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart.... >>
A maid who laughs is half taken.... (English) >>
Do not triumph before the victory.... (English) >>
He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan.... (French) >>
All cats are not to be set down for witches.... (French) >>
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that in... (Chinese) >>