Let there be writing before you pay, and receipt before you write.... >>
A man gains nothing by vain glory but contempt and hatred.... >>
A blind man's wife needs no paint.... >>
He who does not pick up a pin cares nothing for his wife.... >>
A barking dog was never a good biter.... >>
By working in the smithy one becomes a smith.... (French) >>
He has a good pledge of the cat who has her skin.... (French) >>
For a stubborn ass a hard goad.... (French) >>
Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and... (Scottish) >>
Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.... (French) >>