It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.... >>
Fall sick, and you will see who is your friend and who not.... >>
The cross on his breast, and the devil in his acts.... >>
The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.... >>
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.... >>
He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.... (French) >>
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made b... (Chinese) >>
A woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust.... (French) >>
Drop by drop the lake is drained.... (French) >>
Dogs that bark at a distance never bite.... (English) >>