The devil gets into the belfry by the vicar's skirts.... >>
A hungry belly listens to no one.... >>
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.... >>
A fast day is the eve of a feast day.... >>
A good listener is a silent flatterer.... >>
Empty sacks will never stand upright.... (French) >>
Even a coffin is made to measure.... (Russian) >>
When you live next to the cemetery you cannot weep for every... (Russian) >>
Wedlock rides in the saddle and repentance on the crupper.... (French) >>
In the kingdom of hope there is no winter.... (Russian) >>