There would be no ill word if it were not ill taken.... >>
Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of... >>
The day I did not make my toilette, there came to my house one I did n... >>
The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.... >>
The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.... >>
A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.... (French) >>
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hu... (German) >>
Adversity flatters no man.... (English) >>
By dint of going wrong all will come right.... (French) >>
In the year when plums flourish, all else fails.... (English) >>