A scabby colt may make a good horse.... >>
I left what I knew for what I heard praised, and repented.... >>
He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feathers.... >>
A boy's love is water in a sieve.... >>
He that will not when he can, cannot when he will.... >>
Easy to say is hard to do.... (French) >>
The most lasting monuments are doubtless paper-monuments.... (French) >>
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without im... (Chinese) >>
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.... (English) >>
A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.... (Chinese) >>